The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. (1794) Rhinoplasty. incl. the description of previously unknown surgical operation long performed in the East Indies with success, namely affixing a new nose on a man's face. For The Year MDCCXCIV. Volume LXIV. Part The Second (July - December 1794. Including Supplement.)

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Verlag: London, Printed for John Nichols, and Sold by Elizabeth Newberry, 1794 1st

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Hardback, 8.5 x 5 inches. Half bound calf leather to spine and corners, and marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering, banding and decoration to spine, with red speckled page edges. Brown endpapers. In very good condition. Some wear to cover; Corners bumped and chipped, some rubbing to boards and spine, small chips to top end. Ex Library copy ?Newport Public Libraries Reference Department.? with stamps to back sides of plates, corner of title page, and bookplate to endpaper. A couple of occasional minor foxing spots and handling marks, else pages all very clean and tight. Else an excellent clean and tight copy. Begins at page 586 - 1212pp. Illustrated with 19 (ex.22) B&W engraved plates, (Lacks: 689 Aberdeen Cathedral; 801 Dovedale pt1; 1161 Newton Butts Parsonage; & 1183 Ledbury Monument.) A couple of blank pages bound in at 672, 689, 1161. On pages 891-892, under Curious Chirurgical Operations, is the description of previously unknown surgical operation long performed in the East Indies with success, namely affixing a new nose on a man's face. This untitled article is believed to be the first report published in Europe of the Indian forehead-flap method of rhinoplasty. Corresponding plate located by p. 883. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 93698

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Titel: The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical ...

Verlag: London, Printed for John Nichols, and Sold by Elizabeth Newberry, 1794 1st