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 TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I + VOL. II. [Volume 1-One & 2-Two.]

Two volumes bound within single book. Full 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 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PRINCIPAL TERMS; AND NUMEROUS REFERENCES TO ANCIENT AND MODERN WORKS: FORMING A "CATALOGUE RAISONNE" OF SURGICAL LITERATURE. . . . WITH NUMEROUS NOTES AND ADDITIONS, EMBRACING ALL THE PRINCIPAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GREATER OPERATIONS INTRODUCED AND PERFORMED BY AMERICAN SURGEONS. . . . IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [and] VOL. II." "From the sixth London edition. Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged." (as stated upon both Vol. I and Vol. II title pages). Paged as [4], i-viii, 9-489, [1], 1-510. Hardcover: H 22.25cm x L 14.25cm. Late 19th century calf leather covering original spine and boards; stains and edge-scuffing to boards; spine has faded handwritten ink title which is difficult to discern. Old ownership stamp on text block's bottom edge; modern ink name stamp on fore-edge and bottom edge. Front free endpaper torn and strongly wrinkled with 1891 pencil ownership inscriptions as well as three ink name stamps (two being 19th century and the third being modern); pencil notes on rear free endpaper; modern name stamp on unpaged advertising leaf following ffep; old name stamp on title; some foxing throughout. Double-column text. Both Vol. I and Vol. II title pages share the same Harper 1834 imprint. Binding is firm. Still a handsome book albeit without a legible spine title. Please note that this thick book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Medical-Shelf#2}.