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Bound with: Ketelaer, Vincentio: Commentarius Medicus de Aphthis Nostratibus, Seu Belgarum Sprouw. Amsterdam: Bernard, 1715. Two volumes in one. [16], 215, [1]; 44, [1] pp. (8vo) later half calf and marbled boards. Second Edition.

The standard work on pediatrics for nearly a century, Harris' book was first published in London in 1689.  Grulee 646 (The Grulee copy lacking four pages of prelims and the final eight pages of text).  Blake, p. 198.  Wellcome, III, p. 213.  See Garrison-Morton 6321, citing the first edition.   Ketelaer's (1627-1679) work originally appeared in 1672 and is probably the earliest description of sprue.  Grulee 665 (The Grulee copy lacking the errata leaf).  Blake, p. 198.  Wellcome, III, p. 213.