Lectures on the Operations of Surgery, and on Diseases and Accidents Requiring Operations. By Robert Liston, Esq., F. R. S., Senior Surgeon to the University College Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Surgery in the College. With Numerous Additions by Thomas D. Mutter, M. D., Professor of Surgery in Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia; … Honorary Member of the Medical Societies of Philadelphia of Virginia, &c. &c. &c. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard. 1846. Original full brown leather boards, recently respined with red and black labels and gold text on spine. Boards a bit scuffed. Corners a bit bumped. Ex libris copy (Andrew B. Brumbaugh, M. D. book plate on front paste down; half title stamped H. A. Dorsey). Minimal toning and foxing. Clean and tight throughout. Numerous in-text figures. Ffep, half title, title xii, 13 565, blank, 32 pages of advertisements. Thomas Dent Mutter (1811 1859) donated a massive collection of medical specimens to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia with stipulations for a curator and building to be established and maintained. The original building for the now-famous Mutter Museum was finished in 1863. It still draws visitors from around the world to this day. Seller Inventory # ABE-1705321805320

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Title: Lectures on the Operations of Surgery

Publication Date: 1846

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

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