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xxiv, 25-383 pp; 187 figs.; 12 page catalogue of publisher's ads Original full leather, with original leather spine label. Leather quite scuffed along joints and edges of covers, with thin strip of leather torn from rear cover. "The merits of this work as a handy and convenient manual for reference in the field and hospital, have induced the publishers to add to it a chapter (the Ninth) on Gunshot Wounds, and such other subjects peculiar to Military Surgery as seemed requisite to adapt it more thoroughly to the wants of Army Surgeons. Owing to the absence of the Author in Europe, this has been prepared by Dr. W. F. Atlee. Philadelphia, March, 1862" (Preface, p. vii). Atlee's additional chapter is pp. 350-373. This work was originally published in 1848. This is the Civil War edition, with the additional chapter by W. F. Atlee on military surgery added in 1862. Fitzwilliam Sargent was the father of the painter John Singer Sargent. Rutkow, The History of Surgery in the United States, Vol. I, GS25 (citing 1st ed., 1848). Seller Inventory # 15451
Title: On Bandaging and Other Operations of Minor ...
Publisher: Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1862.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New Edition. "New Edition" Hardcover. ".and One Hundred and Eighty-seven Illustrations." "The merits of this work as a handy and convenient manual for reference in the field and hospital, have induced the publishers to add to it a chapter (the Ninth) on Gunshot Wounds, and such other subjects peculiar to Military Surgery as seemed requisite to adapt it more thoroughly to the wants of Army Surgeons. Owing to the absence of the Author in Europe, this has been prepared by Dr. W. F. Atlee. Philadelphia, March, 1862" (Preface to the New Edition). Originally published in 1848 and updated due to the Civil War in 1862. Apropos of nothing, F. Sargent was the father of noted artist John Singer Sargent. Light to moderate shelf/edge wear, minor discrete moisture staining to boards, ownership signatures at ffep (two), hint of foxing (focused at preliminaries), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Full brown leather binding, black leather spine labels, gilt lettering and decorative elements. Small 8vo. 383pp. Illus. (b/w plates. Index. Adverts. Seller Inventory # 10828
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