Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1188.1

JOHN BELL (1763-1820) The principles of surgery Edinburgh : T. Cadell, jun. & W. Davies ; London : T.N. Longman & O. Rees 1801-1808 Vols. 2-3 have imprint: London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ; [Edinburgh] : T. Cadell and W. Davies 3 v. in 4 : ill. (some col.) 31 cm.

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One of the finest books on surgery in English. Bell is regarded as the founder of surgical anatomy, and of the modern surgery of the vascular system, with Desault and John Hunter. He was the first to ligate the gluteal artery, and tied the common carotid and internal iliac. All of the illustrations in the book, of which there are 88 plates and 70 smaller illustrations, were drawn by Bell himself, and he praises his engravers, who included Lizars and Skelton. He was one of the great medical men who have illustrated their own books. (Garrison)

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Cited references: G&M 2926 and 5581, Waller 863, Wellcome II, p.137

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