| Author: |
BEALE, Lionel, S |
| Title: |
THE LIVER. FIRST EDITION. |
| Description: |
London, Churchill, 1889. pp. xv, 219; 24 plates with many of the 86 Figures coloured. Presentation inscription on top of title page from PTB Beale (?his son) to Dr Newman 1929. Original orange cloth, spine darkened; very occasional spotting but, overall, a good copy. |
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* Beale (1828-1906) qualified as a doctor in 1851 and became resident physician at King's College Hospital and, eventually, professor of medicine there in 1876. He was made F.R.S. at the early age of 29. £90 |
| Author: |
HEISTER, Laurence. |
| Title: |
A GENERAL SYSTEM OF SURGERY, IN THREE PARTS. Containing the Doctrine and Management I. Of Wounds, Fractures, Luxations, Tumors, and Ulcers of all Kinds. II. Of the several Operations performed on all Parts of the Body. III. Of the several Bandages applied |
| Description: |
London, Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson etc. 1757. Two volumes bound in one. Thick 4to. pp. xvi, 456; separate half-title, 404; (xii); 40 folding copper engraved plates. Contempoary full calf, a little rubbed with a few chips. Closed tears, expertly repaired without loss, to a6 and plates 16 and 40. Very occasional minor marginal staining including a few plates but not affecting the image. Overall, an unusually clean copy in its original binding. |
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* G&M 5576 for the first edition in German of 1718. Heister (1683-1758) 'is the founder of scientific surgery in Germany. His book contains many interesting illustrations and includes an account of tourniquets used in his time; Heister introduced a spinal brace. This was the most popular surgical text of the 18th century'. £775 |
| Author: |
SAUNDERS, William |
| Title: |
A TREATISE ON THE STRUCTURE, ECONOMY, AND DISEASES OF THE LIVER; Together with An Inquiry into the Properties and Component Parts of the Bile and Biliary Concretions. Third edition. With Additions and Improvements. London, W. Phillips, 1803. |
| Description: |
pp. xxxii, 342. Later grey boards, a little soiled. Small library stamp at foot of title. Nice copy. |
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* Blake, p. 402. (First and second editions of 1793 and 1795), the present copy is much enlarged. Saunders (1743-1817) was born in Banff, gained his M.D. from Edinburgh in 1765, and settled in London where he became physician to Guy's Hospital and achieved considerable eminence. He was appointed physician extraordinary to the Prince Regent in 1807 (Munk's Roll). £95 |
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