Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1081

BENJAMIN BELL (1749-1806) A system of surgery. 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