HALES, STEPHEN. A Description of Ventilators... London: W. Innys, R. Manby, and T. Woodward, 1743. 2 engraved folding plates. 8vo, plain blue wrappers (original?); library stamps on covers, front free endpaper and rear pastedown, internally clean. FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 1596; Wellcome III, p. 195.

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HALES, STEPHEN. A Description of Ventilators... London: W. Innys, R. Manby, and T. Woodward, 1743. 2 engraved folding plates. 8vo, plain blue wrappers (original?); library stamps on covers, front free endpaper and rear pastedown, internally clean. FIRST EDITION. Garrison & Morton 1596; Wellcome III, p. 195.

"Hales devised a ventilator, by means of which fresh air could be introduced into gaols, mines, hospitals, the holds of ships, etc. The invention met with immediate approval and contributed much towards the health of those for whom it was employed. Hales was the inventor of artificial ventilation."-- Garrison & Morton 1596.