12mo. 120pp. Modern red morocco-backed marbled paper boards. Early ownership inscription of Thomas Hughes to title page, tear to leaf K4 - touching text without loss, occasional spotting/browning.

A late eighteenth century edition of Anglican clergyman and founder of Methodism John Wesley's (1703-1791) examination of common ailments, ranging from baldness to breast cancer, which proved one of the most popular medical works of the eighteenth-century. First published in 1747, some twenty-three editions followed in the author's lifetime, with various remedies and authorial preferences added in successive editions.