Description: A System of Surgery; Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative. Volume 1 only. By Samuel D. Gross, M.D.Published: Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1864.Volume one only. Third edition. Calf is heavily worn on both covers, and covers also show moderate cornerwear and edgewear. Lower spine shows a two-inch chip from the calf, beneath which leafs are visible but are intact. Front board is very loose. Textblock and pages throughout show moderate staining, though all of the text remains clearly legible. The book's binding is solid and, despite the book's wear, it is a solid copyIn his Autobiography, Gross wrote of his System of Surgery: "One of the chief motives which induced me to remove to Philadelphia was to get rid of a large and annoying family practice at Louisville and to write an elaborate System of Surgery, for the production of which my leisure in Kentucky was not sufficient. I had long contemplated such a work, and I knew that unless I changed my residence I should never be able to fulfill and object which lay so near my heart and was so intimately interwoven with my ambition and the great purposes of my professional life. I had determined to do my best to make it, if possible, the most elaborate, if not the most complete, treatise in the English language." (Vol. 1, pp. 137-138). Rutkow, The History of Surgery in the United States, GS46 and Fig. 15. Heirs of Hippocrates 1680A nice copy of this SCARCE work. Not Ex-Lib. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Clemmons, North Carolina
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Binding: Leather
Subject: Science & Medicine
Special Attributes: Exceptional and RARE book!, Illustrated
Origin: American
Year Printed: 1864
Country of Manufacture: United States
Original/Facsimile: Original
Topic: Surgery
