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Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, 155 pages, plus 7 plates, including frontispiece. In Good plus condition. In original full gray cloth binding, with red titling, trim, and seal to front board, and red titling to spine. Boards show moderate soiling and shelving wear, with rubbing along all edges, on joints, and at corners. Covers are faintly smudged, with a small stain to the front cover. Bumping to fore corners and lightly along top edge of front board. Somewhat heavier soiling to spine, which is mildly slanted, with shallow crinkling at the head and tail. Text block is moderately worn along edges, with dust soiling to top edge and small, marginal chips and closed tears to deckled fore edge. Lighter age toning throughout. Light penciling on front flyleaf. Faint smudging on title page. Splitting to rear hinge and gutter of title page/frontispiece; frontispiece is loose. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. Daughters of Æsculapius is a rare late nineteenth-century anthology compiling creative, clinical, and reflective writings by the students and graduates of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Published in 1897, this collection highlights pioneering female physicians in the United States, including notable contributors like medical historian Dr. Kate C. Hurd-Mead and surgeon Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton. From the foreword: "Originality can hardly be claimed for this publication [.] We believe, however, that this is the first book of stories by medical women." It also includes two Science Fiction stories, being "The Genius Maker" and "A Psycho-Physical Study." 1415661. Special Collections - Upstairs.…