London: Longmans, 1889. Death from Sudden Collapse and Cerebral Haemorrhage on the Twelfth Day after the Operation, at the Commencement of Apparent Convalescence. 20pp. IN: Medico- chirurgical Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. 1889, vol. 72, pp. 329-48. Offered entire. 8vo, cloth lacks backstrip. 10 plates, a few in color. London, 1889. Good. Posterior rhizotomy. G-M 4861.1. More

116 Text Illus. 614pp. Bound in new 3/4 morocco; light water stain to lower margins. Paris, 1879. "In this, his last work, Bernard showed himself `the unapproachable master in the technique of experimental procedure.'" - G.M.; Cushing B.317; Osler 1518; Waller 955. Waterstaining throughout. More

544pp. 8vo, 1/2 calf; worn, joints cracked, foxed. Jena, 1798. Bernstein (1747-1835) began his career as a barber, later becoming a pupil of Hufeland and Loder in Jena, and finally professor of surgery in the university of Berlin, where his specialty was lecturing on bandages, fractures and dislocations. This text book describes in detail all the various materials used in bandaging and the different methods of bandaging various parts of the body, and includes mention of such instruments and prostheses..... More

Illus. 18 pages (pp. 117-134) In: American Journal of Medical Science. Vol. 75, for January 1878. 8vo, modern wrappers. Philadelphia, 1878. First Edition. whole month offered entire. Introduction of litholapaxy at one sitting. GM 4292. More

New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1970. Slim 8vo, red cloth. New York: Argosy Antiquarian, 1970. Near fine. A reprint of the 1895 original. "One of the best histories of surgery in English." -- GM 5799. More

London: William Heinemann, 1924. Frontis + 51 illustrations, 161pp, 8vo, gilt-lettered cloth (tear in spine cloth has been mended). London: William Heinemann, 1924. Very good. More

3 Plates. 8 pages (pp. 81-88) IN: Annals of of Surgery, vol. 70, no. 1. 8vo, modern wrappers. Phila., 1919. First Edition. Whole no. offered entire. Bloodgood's operation for inguinal hernia. GM 3608. More

Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1984. 422pp. 4to, full tan leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1984). Fine. Contains "Lectures on the parts concerned in the operations on the eye, and on the structure on the retina." "Bowman did more than any other man to advance opthalmic surgery in England. The above work is the first to include a sound description of the microscopical anatomy of the eye..." GM 1505. Facsimile of the Collected Papers of Sir..... More

Paris: Boyer, Richerand et al. 1803. 3 fold-out copperplate engravings. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, full contemporary calf backed marbled boards, worn. Paris: Boyer, Richerand, Migneret, An XI -1803. Boyer, (1757-1833), one of the most famous surgeons of his time, was Napoleon's physician and professor of surgery. His lectures were collected by the equally prominent surgeon Anthelme Richerand 1779- 1851). The book was immediately translated into German, English and Italian. Hirsch. I.665 and IV.796. Wellcome Cat. II.218. First few pages..... More

Birmingham: Classics of Surgery, 1984. Volume One: Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary. Color Frontis., 8 black & white plates. xxiv + 596pp. 4to, gilt-decorated full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Classics of Surgery Library, (1984). A fine copy. The original text of the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus was written about 3000 B.C., and the present manuscript is a copy dating about 1600 B.C. It is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports; it describes 47 different cases of..... More

Trad. par Leon Marchant. 248 pages. Thick 8vo, original plain blue wrappers with paper spine label, uncut edges. Spine paper worn but still quite solid. Paris, 1819. First Edition in French of "Brodie's Best Work." GM 4311. More

A Series of Essays on Various Aspects of Surgery and Medicine Written by his Pupils and Friends. Illus., 571pp., 8vo. Univ. of Ca. Press, 1942. More