Manual / Of / Orthopedic Surgery, / Being / A Dissertation / Which Obtained / The Boylston Prize For 1844 / On The Following Question / "In What Cases And To What Extent Is The Division / of Muscles, Tendons, or Other Parts Proper for / the Relief of Deformity or Lameness?".

Bigelow, Henry Jacob

Published by William D. Ticknor; Boston; 211 pp.; ; VG; 1845/1845, 1845

About this Item

_____ This Boston born physician was one of the most important American surgeons of the 19th century. _____ This was the first book published in the United States on the subject of orthopedic surgery. _____ Illustrated with a few full page plates of instruments and apparatus. _____ On the front free endpaper is an 1845 gift inscription to a crewman (probably the ship's surgeon) on the U.S.Store Ship Southampton from his father._____ It was dated June 18th, a month after her commissioning and two weeks before her departure for service in the Africa Squadron. _____ Ex-university library (non-circulating), with their antique bookplate, spine label and embossments. _____.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Manual / Of / Orthopedic Surgery, / Being / A Dissertation / Which Obtained / The Boylston Prize For 1844 / On The Following Question / "In What Cases And To What Extent Is The Division / of Muscles, Tendons, or Other Parts Proper for / the Relief of Deformity or Lameness?".
• Publisher: William D. Ticknor; Boston; 211 pp.; ; VG; 1845/1845
• Publication Date: 1845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good