Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 



of MEDICUS; and thus for two years I have often prac 

 ticed, with some restraint, and under many disadvan 

 tages&quot;. And, again, page 69, &quot;I have avoided to publish 

 venal certificates and recommendations of its [pulmel] 

 effects, in order to shun the appearance of empiricism. 

 I have merely published in the Saturday Evening Post, 

 the medical statements of six or seven cases and cures, 

 and I now add here those of as many more, in as brief 

 form as possible&quot;. The quotation from page no on 

 the title page indicates an understanding of the &quot;germ 

 theory of disease&quot; quite unusual for his time. 



170. Eight Figures, | Twenty-five Cents. | - | American Manual | 

 of the | Grape Vines | and the | Art of making Wine: | in 

 cluding | An Account of 62 Species of Vines, with nearly 300 

 Varieties. An account of the Principal Wines, Ame \ rican 

 and Foreign. Properties and uses of Wines \ and Grapes. 

 Cultivation of Vines in America, and \ the Art to make good 

 Wines. \ With 8 figures | - - | By C. S. Rafinesque, A. M. 

 Ph. D. | Professor of Natural History, Practical and Medi- | 

 cal Botany, &c. in Philadelphia ; Member of | twelve learned 

 societies in America | and Europe; Author of many | works, 

 &c. &c. &c. | - | Let every Farmer drink his own Wine. 

 \- - | Philadelphia: | Printed for the Author. | - | 1830. | 

 (pp. 64, and one page &quot;additions to this manual&quot;; 2 plates 

 with 8 figures of grape-leaves.) 



Bight drawings illustrate this work, which is made 

 up of oversheets from volume two of the Medical Flora. 

 It comprises the whole of the article on Vitis. The 

 cover of the brochure has certain additions to the text. 



