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YOUNG, George. A Treatise on Opium, founded upon Practical Observations. London: A. Millar, 1753.
8vo (191 x 121 mm). Ad leaf at end. Full contemporary calf, rebacked (corners rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of this work on the use of opium in treating a wide variety of complaints, including being the first to recommend opium in psychiatric disorders. Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 395-98; Waring, p. 587. A Horowitz high spot.