Clinical Lectures on Compound Fractures of the Extremities, on Excision of the Head of the Thigh-Bone, the Arm-Bone, and the Elbow-Joint: On the Diseases of the Peninsula. INSCRIBED, PRESENTATION COPY.

GUTHRIE, George James

Published by London: John Churchill, 1838.

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2 leaves, 64 pp. Recent 1/4-leather and old marbled boards. Very Good. First Edition. INSCRIBED, PRESENTATION COPY: "For the Library of the Officers/ of the 13th Foot from the/ author" (inscription partly trimmed during binding; see photos). "For nearly thirty years Guthrie gave free surgical lectures to medical officers of the Royal Army, Royal Navy, and East India Company. These seven lectures on excision of the head of the arm, thigh bone, elbow joint, and diseases the Royal Army was exposed to during the Spanish campaigns of 1811 and 1812, were delivered at the Westminster Hospital between 1836 and 1838" (Heirs of Hippocrates 1414 [1839 American ed.] ).

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• Title: Clinical Lectures on Compound Fractures of the Extremities, on Excision of the Head of the Thigh-Bone, the Arm-Bone, and the Elbow-Joint: On the Diseases of the Peninsula. INSCRIBED, PRESENTATION COPY.
• Publisher: London: John Churchill, 1838.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)