Curso teorico-practico de operaciones de cirurgia, en que se contienen los mas célebres descubrimientos modernos. Compuesto para el uso de los Reales Colegios por .

VELASCO, Diego, and Francisco Villaverde.

Published by Madrid, Por Don Miguel Escribano, 1780.

About this Item

2 volumes. 4°, contemporary uniform calf, spines gilt with raised bands in five compartments, edges sprinkled red. Volume I has several large defects on spine and a piece missing at foot of upper cover; volume II has rubbing and minor wear. Woodcut tailpieces and factotum initials. Minor dampstains and soiling, 2 leaves of index to volume I loose. In good condition. Contemporary or early ownership inscription in blank portions of both title pages ("Argenis Mag."?). (8 ll.), 278 pp.; (1 l.), 281-556 pp., 3 engraved folding plates (the first misbound before p. 167 instead of p. 267). *** Second edition of a work first printed in 1763, describing the latest surgical discoveries; it appeared again in 1797 and 1807. Subjects include inflammation, abscesses, sutures, hernias, dropsy, castration, stones, harelips, cataracts, head wounds, aneurysms, amputation of any part of the body you can think of (and some you'd rather not), and problems with the male reproductive system, rectum, urinary tract, and liver (including cancer of the liver). At the end of volume I is a five-page bibliography that includes dates of the works consulted.Of the three plates (two of which are signed by Juan Garcia), two depict instruments and one shows an eye operation. The authors were doctors at the Royal College of Surgery of Barcelona and the Royal Surgical College of Cádiz.*** Palau 357084. Aguilar Piñal VIII, 2716: locating only 2 copies in Spain. National Library of Medicine, Eighteenth-Century STC p. 470. Not located in Jisc. Not located in Rebiun. NUC: ViU, NNNAM.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Curso teorico-practico de operaciones de cirurgia, en que se contienen los mas célebres descubrimientos modernos. Compuesto para el uso de los Reales Colegios por .
• Publisher: Madrid, Por Don Miguel Escribano, 1780.
• Binding: Hardcover