Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1081

BENJAMIN BELL (1749-1806). A system of surgery. Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791. Extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell, of Edinburgh, by Nicholas B. Waters. viii, 570, xxix pp., plates; 20.1 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1078

Waters' condensation was prompted by his concern that "we have had no work on this important branch of medicine, which gives a view of the present state of the art, in a moderate compass" (Preface). The work proved quite popular, the third and last edition appearing in 1814.

Cited references: Austin 171; Cushing B252