A 19th Century oak metal studded and bound double handled ch...

Hammer

£130

A 19th Century oak metal studded and bound double handled chest, mounted name plaque to DR Paris Physician, height 58cm x depth x 54cm x 90cm, with a volume by J. A. Paris, M.D. F. R.S, titled 'A Treatise on Diet A System of Rules for The Prevention and Cure', Digestive Functions, London 1826. (2)

NB - John Ayrton Paris (1785 -1856) made one of the earliest observations of occupational cancer in men working with exposure to copper smelting in the mines of Cornwall. He was elected president of the Royal College of Physicians in 1844, an office he held until his death. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1821. He was an advocate of the use of scientifically assessed herbal preparations in medical treatment which he had used to treat Queen Victoria.