Surgical Observations, with Cases and Operations
by Warren, Richard; Leonard J. Triedman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields. 630 pp., errata leaf. 4 internal library stamps, but no pockets or other marks. 3 color lithograph plates (including frontis), folding lithograph plate, 2 half-tone plates, text engravings. Original green cloth, gilt lettered boards rebacked with original spine laid down, new endpprs, uncut and unopened. Warren was surgeon to Mass. General Hosp., and assisted his father, John Collins Warren, in the first public demonstration of surgery using ether for anesthesia. The folding plate illustrates instruments used in operations for cleft palate (see GM 5745); the color plates illustrate various tumors. Title page and first table of contents pulling with professional repair of one page. . Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 1867.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011289
- Title
- Surgical Observations, with Cases and Operations
- Author
- Warren, Richard; Leonard J. Triedman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History of Medicine and Surgery; Rhinoplasty; Plastic Surgery
Terms of Sale
Sheila B. Amdur
Two week return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to two weeks after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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