Surgical Essays. Part II (of 2). (PRESENTATION COPY.)

COOPER, Astley & Benjamin TRAVERS:

Published by London: Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown/ Edinburgh: A. Constable/ Glasgow: Smith & Son/ Dublin: Hodges & McArthur, 1819., 1819

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First Edition. 2 leaves, 239, [1] pp; 21 plates (some double-page). Contemporary (original?) cloth-backed boards. Spine lacking, somewhat worn but contents clean, else Very Good. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland ink stamp to title page. INSCRIBED: 'With the author's kind regards.' I'm not certain whose hand the inscription is in, I have included a photo of a letter by Cooper (it doesn't belong to me so is not being offered with the book) for the sake of comparison. Vol. II contains Cooper's essay on apertures in the urethra, in which he gave probably the earliest report of the transplantation of scrotal skin (see Zeis & Patterson 2160-61, p. 255). Garrison-Morton 2941 & 5587: 'In 1817 Cooper ligated the abdominal aorta. The patient died next day, but examination showed that his aorta was so diseased that he could never have recovered, while the ligation was so well performed that with a less degree of aortic disease the man would probably have survived' (G-M 2941).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Surgical Essays. Part II (of 2). (PRESENTATION COPY.)
• Publisher: London: Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown/ Edinburgh: A. Constable/ Glasgow: Smith & Son/ Dublin: Hodges & McArthur, 1819.
• Publication Date: 1819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)