Mead, Influence of the Sun and Moon upon Human Bodies, 1748

A Treatise Concerning the Influence of the Sun and Moon upon Human Bodies, and the Diseases thereby produced. By Richard Mead, Fellow of the Royal college of Physicians at London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society, and Physician to His Majesty. Translated from the Latin, under the Author’s Inspection, by Thomas Stack, M. D. F. R. S. London: Printed for J. Brindley, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Pince of Wales, in New Bond-street, 1748. 
 
Quarter brown leather with green cloth over boards. Gold text and raised bands on spine. A few minor scuffs. New end papers. Decorative head and tail pieces. Clean, bright, and tight throughout with only minimal foxing and toning. 
 
New ffep, four new blank leaves, title, 23, (3), 130, original blank leaf, four new blank leaves, new rfep. 
 
G-M 10160 is first (Latin) edition of 1704. “Mead formulated the position that periodic atmospheric tides arising from planetary forces produced alterations of gravity, elasticity, and air pressure; these changes, he argued, affected the human body in health and disease. Mesmer's dissertation, which originated animal magnetism, was largely a plagiarism of Mead's work.”