ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY.. Regulations of the Medical Society, Instituted at Edinburgh in the Year M,DCC,XXXVII.1775

Edinburgh: [s.n.], First edition, [2], 91, [1, blank]pp., running title to last 3 leaves cropped by the binders knife, recent quarter calf over marbled paper boards. The Royal Medical Society (RMS) is the oldest medical society in the United Kingdom. Known originally as 'the Medical Society' when it was established in 1737, it was granted a Royal Charter in 1778. The RMS is a professional society engaged in the advancement of medical knowledge and provision of assistance to medical students and professionals. It is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and has members throughout the world. Rare; of this first edition ESTC locates just 2 copies (Harvard & National Library of Medicine).