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Handbook of the Surgery of the Kidneys. by CLARKE, W. Bruce [William], FRCS (1850-1914) - 1911

by CLARKE, W. Bruce [William], FRCS (1850-1914)

Handbook of the Surgery of the Kidneys. by CLARKE, W. Bruce [William], FRCS (1850-1914) - 1911

Handbook of the Surgery of the Kidneys.

by CLARKE, W. Bruce [William], FRCS (1850-1914)

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  • Hardcover
London:: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1911., 1911. 8vo. x, 199, [1], 24 pp. 5 plates, 50 figures, index, ads. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped cloth; rubbed. In 1886 Clarke won the Jacksonian Prize with a dissertation on "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Kidney amenable to direct Surgical Interference". He added to the essay and it was published as a Handbook of the Surgery of the Kidneys in 1911. "He was an expert boxer, whence he derived his name of 'The Bruiser' by which he was generally known to the students, and it is reported of him that after breaking the jaw of a rough who would have molested him, he admitted him into one of his own beds and cured him." - RCS.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CH (CH)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1911.
  • Place of Publication London:
  • Date Published 1911
  • Keywords Kidney