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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1305

SIR CHARLES BELL (1774-1842) Illustrations of the great operations of surgery: trepan, hernia, amputation, aneurism, and lithotomy. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1821 viii, 134 pp., illus., 19 col. plates. 27 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1294

The surgical techniques herein described are surprisingly modern. The illustrations, drawn by the author, are mostly colored and are exceptionally graphic and instructive.

Cited references: Cushing B260; Garrison-Morton 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II, p. 136

Gift of John Martin, M.D.

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