Medical and Surgical Memoirs by Nathan Smith. Edited with Addenda, by Nathan R. Smith.

SMITH, Nathan [YOUNG, Hugh H.]

Verlag: Baltimore: William A. Francis, 1831.

Beschreibung

Frontispiece [portrait], vii, [1], [9]-374 pp, 1 leaf [errata]; text figs.; 6 plates. Recent 1/4-leather and boards. Embossed stamp of the William H. Welch Medical Library on the title page (see photo). Offsetting of the Frontispiece onto the title page. Text foxed. First Edition. Inscribed: "Nathan Smith, M.D. I, to Nathan R. Smith, M.D. II, to Alan P. Smith M.D. III, to Nathan R. Smith M.D. IIII/ 24 W. Franklin St., Baltimore, M. D./ To Dr. Hugh H. Young" (see photo). When the copy was rebound, the bookplate of the William H. Welch Medical Library, indicating the book was the gift of Hugh H. Young, was saved and pasted to the front pastedown. There is also a notation on the verso of the title page, dated June 11, 1934, stating the copy was a gift of Hugh Young (see photos). Heirs of Hippocrates 1181. Reprints: Garrison-Morton 5022 [1824], A Practical Essay on Typhous Fever; Garrison-Morton 4313 [1827]: "Classic early account of osteomyelitis. Smith trephined for bone necrosis"; Garrison-Morton 6024 [1822]: "Smith was the first in the U. S. A. after McDowell to perform ovariotomy, for ovarian dropsy"; Smith's fourth Garrison-Morton entry--4450 [1825], a short article on amputation of the knee-joint--is not reprinted; however, his much longer article "Remarks on Amputation" is included. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4471

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Titel: Medical and Surgical Memoirs by Nathan Smith...

Verlag: Baltimore: William A. Francis, 1831.

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition