A Manual of the Principles of Surgery, Based on Pathology For Students

xii, [1], 18-402 p. 24 cm. B&w line drawings. Brown cloth. Mylar wrap (removed for photo). Spine sunned and ends a little worn. Tear in front hinge. Spots on text block edge. Hinges beginning to crack internally. Faint dampstains throughout. Tear in rear free endpaper. Caniff was a Union surgeon during the American Civil War. This work was entirely based on his lectures on general pathology and surgery at Victoria College. In 1868, Caniff became professor of surgery and sub-dean of the medical faculty at Victoria and the following year was appointed to the staff of theToronto General Hospital. In 1870, he became a consulting surgeon to the Toronto Eye and Ear Infirmary and eventually became dean of the medical faculty at Victoria. He was appointed president of the Canadian Medical Association in 1880 and, in 1883, became Toronto's first medical health officer, promoting sanitation and disease control. His major work was The Medical Profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850, published in 1894. First edition of first surgical textbook written by a Canadian.…