Discussing the signs, causes and treatment of disease, this book is a look back to the practice of medicine of the early to mid 1800's. As an example,  in the mid 1800's prompt and copious blood-letting by venesection was the first and most important treatment in puerperal fever, and was sanctioned by virtually all European and American authors on midwifery. This procedure was perpetuated by the groundless theory that fevers were associated with a harmful accumulation or congestion of blood in the affected part. According to this theory an excess of blood was driven to the inflamed area by an overactive circulatory system and was highly detrimental.

This treatment can be found described in the chapter on Puerperal Convulsions in Volume Two of the treatise.

  Volume One Chapters Include

The Pathology of Fever in General Sources of Morbific Causes and Their General Character plus

Volume Two Chapters include:

Stated sixth edition. 9" X 6" two volume set brown leather, recently professionally rebound. Damp stains on all pages.

Volume One 569 pages plus one page advertising for Dr John Eberle Medical Books and volume two 565 pages plus one page advertising for Dr John Eberle Medical Books

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Eberle wrote a widely used textbook on therapeutics and taught for many years at the Ohio Medical College. He was one of the most eminent physicians of the first half of the 19th century. He wrote a widely used textbook on therapeutics." Rothstein 48. " Brilliant Pennsylvania Dutchman who combined American and Germanic trends in medical education." Kaufman 225

EBERLE, John, physician, born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 10 December 1787 died in Lexington, Kentucky, 2 February 1838. He studied medicine in Lancaster and Philadelphia, and was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1809. He began to practice in Manheim, Pennsylvania, and, after living for a short time in Lancaster, accepted a commission as surgeon of militia, serving at the battle at Baltimore in 1814. He then removed to Philadelphia, where he was appointed physician to the poor. He was one of the founders of Jefferson medical College in 1822, and was given the chair of physics there in 1825, being transferred in 1830 to that of materia medica, and lecturing at the same time on obstetrics.

He moved in 1831 to Cincinnati, where he held the professorship of materia medica in the Medical College of Ohio till 1837, and was next called to the chair of the practice of medicine in the medical department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, where he continued till his death. He was a member of many medical and scientific societies. Dr. Eberle was one of the editors of the " Western Medical Gazette" and the " Ohio Medical Lyceum," as well as of the Philadelphia " Medical Recorder," which he conducted from 1818 till 1823. His works include ' Botanical Terminology" (1818) " Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children" (Philadelphia, 1819) " Treatise on Therapeutics and Materia Medica" (2 vols., 1822 5th ed., 1847) and " Notes of Lectures on the Theory and Praetice of Medicine" (2 vols., 1844).

His military service was with Ritscher's 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, during the War of 1812 as Surgeon. Dr. Eberle was an early owner of land in Elizabethtown Borough, in Lancaster County. According to " History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men" , Chapter XXXIII

According to Chapter XXII. History of Medicine and Medical Men in Lancaster County of the same publication: Dr. John Eberle, who practiced for some time at Lancaster and afterwards moved to Philadelphia, where he appears prominently as one of the professors of a leading medical college of the day." The source continues elsewhere to report that " Dr. John Eberle was born in Manor township in January, 1788.

Records of the First Brigade of Pennsylvania Militia dated 16 September, 1814 and organized at York, Pennsylvania, lists John Eberle as the Surgeon in the Regimental Staff of the Second Regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. Adam Rischers. It shows his term of service as being from 5 Sept 1814 to 3 Dec, 1814.

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