Search Results: surgical observations on the constitutional origin by abernethy john 1764 1831

Birmingham: The Classics of Surgery Library, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Limited edition, 187/7500; Reprint of edition published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1809; VG; Hardcover; Spine, green with gold print, raised bands; Boards in green leather with gold print, clean and strong; Text block has gilt edges, marbled endpapers, marker ribbon, leather limited edition bookplate affixed to front pastedown, clean and tight; x, 292 pages. 1350426. FP New Rockville Stock.

London:: Longman . . . 1809; Birmingham: Classics of Surgery Library, 1984., 1809. 23 cm. x, 292 pp. Full dark green gilt-stamped cowhide, a.e.g. Fine. "First ligation of the external iliac artery for aneurysm. Abernethy performed the operation in 1796." See: Garrison and Morton 2928.

London:: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1826., 1826. 8vo. (224 x 138 mm) xii, 346pp. Uncut, publisher's 8 pp. catalogue dated Feb. 1826. Original blue paper boards, brown paper spine, printed paper label; spine worn, missing head and tail pieces of spine, front cover partially detached. Bookseller's label, Henry Start, Antiquarian Bookseller, Wolverhampton; inscribed by J. Parrott and Biggam M.D. on half-title. Eighth Edition. This author's primary work was first issued in 1809-10 in two volumes and reached their final form in the sixth edition of 1817. "A pupil of John Hunter, Abernethy became a leading surgeon in London. He was most industrious, and it is said that not even on his wedding day did he fail to give his usual daily lecture at St. Bartholomew's hospital. His book was, in the view of D'Arcy Power, epoch-making." In the first edition on pp. 234-292, ". . .is recorded the first successful ligation of the external iliac artery for aneurysm, an operation carried out by Abernethy in… Read More