Homoeopathy. - The Medical Telephone: containing hints on the preservation of health. Notes on nursing ... Plain directions for treating diseases. Ambulance lectures ...

Hobart, The Homoeopathic Pharmacy 1883. Small octavo publisher's flushcut printed limp cloth (a hint of flecking); 116pp, a fair amount are advertisements. An excellent copy. ¶ A neat little book with a neat title. When I first came across a copy of this, many years ago, I wondered whether there were any telephones in Hobart in 1883 but now, with online research, I find that Tasmania embraced the telephone early and 1883 saw telephone exchanges opened in Hobart and Launceston. In fact, according to Tourism Tasmania, Australia's first phone call was a long distance call made in Tasmania two years before Bell got his telephone working. A remarkable bit of neglected history. This was a rare book for a long time; Ferguson missed it though it fitted his specifications for inclusion and Ford cited three copies, all in Tasmania. Then it became temporarily unscarce when a small cache of copies was discovered some years ago but now it's on its way back up the scarcity scale.

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