A System of Surgery. Extracted from the Works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh: By Nicholas B. Waters, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and one of the Physicians and Surgeons to the Philadelphia Dispensary. Illustrated with Notes and Copperplates

Editorial: T. Dobson - Philadelphia, 1791

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Full leather with maroon title box to spine and gilt lettering and horizontal rulings. Book is tight and square with just a few slighltly loose pages and rubbing to the edges and corners of boards. Free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than a white spot to front, the aforementioned wear, general toning to pages, and the signature of the prior and original 1791 owner, Cyrus Hamlin. Provenance is detailed in a laid-in hand-written note - this was the original copy used by Cyrus Hamlin, father of the future Vice-President of the USA, Hannibal Hamlin, under Abraham Lincoln, when he attended Harvard Medical School in 1793. Purchased from the Hamlin estate in 2022. All 12 fold-out plates, which appear in the Appendix along with a complete text explanation of each, were engraved by James Trenchard. They are all in Good+ or better condition with small closed tears to some of them. They depict various surgical instruments. This is the First Edition of the American abridgment of Bell's 6-volume System of Surgery (1782 -87) in which Bell, amongst many other advances such as developments in vascular surgery, advocated the routine use of opium to relieve post-operative pain, "to be able to alleviate the misery of those who are obliged to submit to dangerous operations must afford the biggest gratification to every practitioner". In his preface, the editor, Waters, credits the famous New York surgeon John Jones with reviewing the manuscript and with adding footnotes, which appear throughout. Jones was the author of the first surgical text by an American.…

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A System of Surgery. Extracted from the Works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh: By Nicholas B. Waters, M.D. Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and one of the Physicians and Surgeons to the Philadelphia Dispensary. Illustrated with Notes and Copperplates
Autor
Waters, Nicholas B. (Bell, Benjamin)
Editorial
T. Dobson - Philadelphia
Año de publicación
1791
Estado
Good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Catálogos de vendedores
18th Century, Medical/Hospitals, Science

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I have a small bookstore that's available to browse by appointment only. We're in Bar Harbor, on the coast of Maine and many of our books come from estate sales in the region. Check, money order, or credit card--Mastercard, Visa, or American Express. Personal checks must clear before shipping. All domestic orders will be sent Media Mail unless requested otherwise at additional cost. Postage for foreign orders will be determined and quoted to customer. Connecticut residents add 6.35 % sales tax. Items are returnable within 7 days of receipt with proper notification. We will be pleased to hold any item for 3 to 4 days. Shipping Terms: Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.…

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