“Medical Essays, 1842– 1882”, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. A collection of medical essays by the noted physician and poet (father of the Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.) Includes essays on homeopathy, puerperal fever, and the medical practice in Massachusetts. Fair condition, with several of the introductory pages unattached, but a good reading copy.