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Octavo, xxiii, [1], 762 pages plus 90 plates. In Good condition. Bound in full dark brown leather with gilt decorative borders and a central gilt prize stamp on both boards, ("Original School of Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery, Peter Street, Dublin - Premium"). Spine is paneled with blind-tooled decoration in compartments; has heavy cracking and rubbing to leather, with severe chipping and leather loss along the lengths of both joints, exposing the underlying board/core; and has light to moderate chipping and fraying at the head/tail, with a line of material loss at the tail, exposing the tailband. Boards have scuffing, rubbing, and surface wear throughout, and bumping to corners exposing the boards; front board has moderate to heavy fading to gilding with a small area rubbed away on top edge; rear board has light to moderate fading to gilding, two rectangular adhesive marks from removed labels, and a black smudge to the right of the prize stamp. Text block has marbled edges with moderate scuffing, marbled endpapers with scuffing and chipping throughout, "Original School of Anatomy Medicine and Surgery [sic]" prize bookplate dated 1858 affixed to front pastedown, a large smudge mark to page x, tide marks to lower corners of some leaves, foxing and scuffing throughout, and Plates VI and VII out of order. Shelved in Room A Octavo Overflow. Dr. Francis Henry Ramsbotham's The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine & Surgery was a landmark work that revolutionized midwife and physician training in childbirth (parturition) across the English-speaking world. Before this work, medical manuals relied mostly on dense prose or small diagrams. Ramsbotham's book was famous for its exceptionally detailed full-page steel and wood engravings, showing exact fetal positions, anatomical views of the female pelvis, difficult labor presentations, and surgical techniques (like the use of obstetric forceps). Reprinted across several decades in the mid-19th century, the book was sometimes gifted to medical students to start their reference libraries. This is one such copy, featuring the institution's emblem, custom gilding, and prize bookplate gifted to a student who won first prize in "minute anatomy" for his class year. 1415265. Special Collections - Upstairs.
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