Institutes of Surgery; Remarks on the Surgical Practice of Paris; Of the Medical and Prophylactic Treatment of Stone and Gravel (Three titles in one)

Published by A. Waldie, 1840

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Octavo hardcover half-bound in tan leather with marbled paper boards; 712 pp. Three titles in one: 446 pp. (Bell) I + 64 pp. (Markham) + 202 pp. (Civiale).Six compartments with gilt rules and two burgundy leather title labels to spine. Clean throughout; binding starting at front board; back board hinge tender but held by sewing cords (otherwise text block secure). Previous owner's bookplate and name to front pastedown and title page. Soiling to front marbled board; leather spine and corners rubbed; moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Fair. KCMS. A significant 19th-century medical compendium featuring three major works: Sir Charles Bell's Institutes of Surgery (1840), W. O. Markham's Surgical Practice of Paris (1841), and Jean Civiale's Of the Medical and Prophylactic Treatment of Stone and Gravel (1841). This collection, part of Dunglison's American Medical Library, provides a broad view of contemporary European surgical techniques and urological treatments for the American practitioner. Bell's lectures focus on the clinical judgment required in surgery, while Markham and Civiale offer insights into Parisian clinical cases and the management of calculi.…

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Title
Institutes of Surgery; Remarks on the Surgical Practice of Paris; Of the Medical and Prophylactic Treatment of Stone and Gravel (Three titles in one)
Author
BELL, Charles; MARKHAM, W. O.; CIVIALE, [Jean]
Publisher
A. Waldie
Publication year
1840
Condition
Fair
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HARDCOVER
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1st American Edition.
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