Published by David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1871
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
8 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed wrappers. First edition. Tiny chips at edges; wrappers dust-soiled.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. Late 19th century, 787 pages of lectures on surgery, including general considerations, anaesthetics, delirium tremens, gunshot wounds, blood vessel injuries, fractures, dislocations, frost-bite and burns, injuries to the head and to the spine, foreign substances in the throat, wounds of the face/throat/abdomen, aneurisms, diseases of the bones and joints, Pott's disease, surgery of the nose/lips/mouth/jaw, surgery of the throat, the rectum, hernias, stricture of the urethra, affections of the bladder, and urinary calculus. Also includes 8 papers on other medical practice topics. Cover has edgewear, mostly to the spine ends and corners, inner hinge starting to crack; text is in very good condition. Book.