75/2324 [Medicine]. Stephenson, D. Medicine made to agree with the Institutions of Nature or a New Mechanical Practice of Physick: containing Certain New Principles and Methods for Preserving Health, and Curing Diseases; grounded on the Established Laws of Nature, Motion and the Animal Oeconomy: Wherein is given the Solution, Demonstration, Use, and Application of that Capital and most Useful, but hitherto Unregarded and Unattempted Problem. London, Printed by J. Hart for the author, 1744, (2),XXIV,85p., 3 fold. engr. plates by B. COLE, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, folio.

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= First edition of this very rare work in which Stephenson considers that the law of "Attraction of Matter" governs human or animal systems, just as it explains the physical world. Stephenson writes that good health comes from nature's basics of "Aliment, Water, Air, Elementary Fire, Motion and the Passions" and he designed a number of machines to duplicate the efficacious effects of these natural elements on the human body. With two initial leaves containing advertisements for other apparatuses designed by Stephenson and an imprimatur. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.