A Treatise on Amputations of the Extremities and Their Complications
Philadelphia: P. Blackiston, Son & Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xix, 762 followed by publisher's Catalog of Medical Publications dated February 1886. Illustrated with more than 250 engravings and two color plates. Index. Dark brown cloth, titles and rules stamped in gilt on the spine, covers with blind stamped borders, dark brown endpapers, head edge gilt. Moderately shaken, hinges parting, spine ends chipped, preliminary leaves detached. Bookplate of Wayne County Medical Society, Detroit Public Library card in pocket inside rear cover (1930s due dates), library deaccession stamps on dedication page. Leaves slightly age toned but crisp and unmarked. Good. Item #6350
Based on Watson's experience mending soldiers during the Civil War and traumatic railroad injuries later in Jersey City. Dedicated to Joseph Lister, father of antiseptic surgery. A defective copy, to be sure, but worthy of repair or rebinding.
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