A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL SURGERY COMPREHENDING ALL THE MOST INTERESTING IMPROVEMENTS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD; AN ACCOUNT OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND REMEDIES EMPLOYED IN SURGERY: THE ETYMOLOGY AND SIGNIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS; AND NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS, FORMING A CATALOGUE OF SURGICAL LITERATURE, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SUBJECTS. FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION, REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED. WITH NUMEROUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS, EMBRACING ALL THE PRINCIPAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GREATER OPERATIONS INTRODUCED AND PERFORMED BY AMERICAN SURGEONS, TOGETHER WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY INDEX, IN WHICH THE SCIENCE OF SURGERY IS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD, INCLUDING ALL THE RECENT IMPROVEMENTS.

Samuel Cooper

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1845

About this Item

Two volumes in one: 489pp + 506pp + Supplementary Appendix 170pp. 24 cm x 15 cm. Full brown leather with chipped spine label. Owners' names written on front endpaper and Title Page; textually unmarked, clean and tight; marbled page edges.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1494705182594

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL SURGERY COMPREHENDING ALL THE MOST INTERESTING IMPROVEMENTS, FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES DOWN TO THE PRESENT PERIOD; AN ACCOUNT OF THE INSTRUMENTS AND REMEDIES EMPLOYED IN SURGERY: THE ETYMOLOGY AND SIGNIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS; AND NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS, FORMING A CATALOGUE OF SURGICAL LITERATURE, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SUBJECTS. FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON EDITION, REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED. WITH NUMEROUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS, EMBRACING...
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York
• Publication Date: 1845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medical