The Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine by Ebenezer Gilchrist MD , The Second Edition with a supplement confirming the said use, with further Instances of its success, published in London and printed for A Millar and D Wilson and T Durham in the strand 1757.

Half leather and marble paper binding, the leather , not recently has been professionally replaced and still incorporates the raised bands from the original binding. Label present with gilt lettering, board marble paper is 18th century, several different shelf positions to the front pastedown front internal hinge open. 

1pp end paper + title page (grubby) with name in manuscript of " Sociatus? Midwifery?" (Society of Midwifes possibly) + xi + 1pp contents + 186pp including supplement.  Some pages with some foxing and a used copy of this book. , majority of pages clean and in good order.  Only one marginal note contemporary , "on bathing for fevers" note reads "in cold water?"

Ebenezer Gilchrist’s 18th-century text, The Use of Sea Voyages in Medicine, established foundational arguments for ocean-based therapy (thalassotherapy). It posits that sea air and the physical motion of sailing act as remedies for consumption and other chronic illnesses. The 1757 second edition includes a supplement addressing skeptics and showcasing clinical case studies of recovery,

The Rise of the "Man-Midwife": Well-educated male doctors and surgeons—known as "men-midwives" or accoucheurs—began aggressively moving into the birthing market.

The "Cold Water" Marginal Note: The book's handwritten note ("in cold water?" next to a section on bathing for fevers) perfectly aligns with the experimental nature of these 18th-century medical societies, where practitioners constantly debated the safety of cold-water therapies for weak patients.

Scarce item in any condition.