Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812, 13, 14. To which are Added, Surgical Cases; Observations on Military Hospitals; and Flying Hospitals Attached to a Moving Army. . . . SIGNED BY JAMES MANN TO GENERAL JOSEPH SWIFT

MANN, James

Published by Dedham: H. Mann, 1816.

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viii, [v]-x, [11]-317, [1] pp. Original marbled boards, recently rebacked with new paper spine. Four ink stamps on title page (one of which says "triplicate", see photos). Gift bookplate to the New York Academy of Medicine on front pastedown, dated 1878 (see photo). Text browned (as is usual with American medical books of this period). Untrimmed (I can send photos of the untrimmed fore edges, on request). Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY JAMES MANN TO GENERAL JOSEPH SWIFT: "Presented to General Swift/ by his most obedient servt / James Mann Hospital Surgn/ U States Army". Joseph Swift was the first graduate of the United States Military Academy (1802) and in 1812 was appointed chief engineer and superintendent of the Academy. During the War of 1812 he attained the rank of General. He directed the fortification of New York City against the possibility of an amphibious attack and in 1814 was voted "Benefactor to the City." Austin 1190. Garrison-Morton 2161.1. "Mann was an army surgeon who served three years in the Revolution and another three years in the War of 1812. His chief writing was the Sketches, which gives probably the best and most vivid picture of early nineteenth-century American military life. The chapter on surgery . . . is especially invaluable for its first-hand descriptions of the treatment of wounds" (Rutkow, The History of Surgery in the United States, Vol. I, GS4). Seller Inventory # 16153

Bibliographic Details

Title: Medical Sketches of the Campaigns of 1812, ...

Publisher: Dedham: H. Mann, 1816.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition