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JAMES LATTA (1754- ). A Practical System of Surgery Edinburgh: Printed for G. Mudie & Son, A. Guthrie, and J. Fairbairn ; and for J. Johnson, and Ogilvie & Speare, London, 1795. 1st 3 volumes, V V-VI, IX, V folded leaves of plates; 22 cm

James Latta was House-Surgeon in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 1778-1785. This work is illustrated with cases on many of subjects including blood-letting, phlebotomy, surgical instruments, surgical procedures and operative surgery.

Cited references: NLM 18th century (pg. 257); Waller #5623; Wellcome III, p. 455)

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