EDLIN (Abraham). An Account of Two Cases of Gout, which Terminated in Death, in Consequence of the External use of Ice and Cold Water. Uxbridge: Printed and Sold by Thomas Lake, [1804.] First edition, 12mo (190 x 110 mm), 24pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, uncut, morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover. [Sold with:] KINGLAKE (Dr. Robert) A Reply to Mr. Edlin's Two Cases of Gout, said to have Terminated in Death... to which is added an Instance of the Fatal Effects of Encouraged Gout.1804

Taunton: Printed and Sold by J. Poole, First edition, 8vo (198 x 120 mm), xii, 61, [1]pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, uncut, morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover. Mr. Edlin dispels the practice of using ice and cold water as a remedy for Gout which was recommended by Dr. Kinglake, but ended in fatality for the patient. Dr. Kinglake then replies to every paragraph in Edlin's pamphlet, in a very angry stain. Copac locates Edinburgh University copy only of the Kinglake pamphlet.