Physiological lectures, exhibiting a general view of Mr. Hunter's physiology, and of his researches in comparative anatomy : delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in the year 1817 / by John Abernethy.

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London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817, 8°, (4), 352 pp., old half leather binding; fine copy. First Edition! John Abernethy (1764-1831) delivered these eight lectures to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1817 "after resolving to write no more lectures, nor longer to praise Mr. Hunter. . . ." (p. [1]). "Abernethy enjoyed during his lifetime the highest reputation as a surgeon, anatomist, and physiologist, and exercised great influence on his profession. Though his reputation has not quite stood the test of time, his influence is still felt in certain departments of practice. In anatomy he did no original work of any value, but was a very brilliant lecturer, and as such instructed most of the eminent men of the coming generation. As a physiologist he became known for some desultory and not very important researches, but chiefly as the defender of John Hunter, whose views, after his death and before the posthumous publication of his lectures, Abernethy had almost a monopoly in expounding. As an operating surgeon Abernethy early became distinguished for extending John Hunter's operation for the cure of aneurism (by ligature at a distance) by tying the external iliac artery. " DNB Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1198.…

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Physiological lectures, exhibiting a general view of Mr. Hunter's physiology, and of his researches in comparative anatomy : delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in the year 1817 / by John Abernethy.
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Abernethy, John
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1817
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