New revised edition, published 1924 by Virtue & Co: London. A set of five volumes. Hardback. Green cloth board covers with green leather strips on spine and corners of the covers.  Gilt lettering on spine. Still fairly bright. Covers have faded slightly and show minor shelf wear, especially to volume one which has a small tear. Binding is secure. Foxing/ sunning to end papers. Inside pages are age tanned. Overall condition: fair to good. This medical reference work offers \"a practical description in plain language of all the diseases of men, women and children with the latest discoveries in medicine and the most approved methods of treatment.\" Medical students and hypochondriacs will find these books fascinating. It reveals medical thinking in the early 1920s and includes such now debunked theories as phrenology.