Bøger af Thomas Gataker

Essays on Medical Subjects - originally printed separately - to which is now prefixed an introduction relating to the use of hemlock and corrosive sublimate - and to the application of caustic medicines in cancerous disorders is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1764.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Thomas Gataker was a disputatious Puritan divine. His The Nature and Uses of Lotteries (1627) was the first systematic exposition of a modern view of lotteries, not just as a form of gambling, but as a fair method of division.