Albert buck eds (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. ORIGINAL ISSUE. First edition (same date on title and copyright pages; no additional printings listed). Original green cloth, beveled edges, two red leather spine labels, glossy, coated paper, 916 pp, profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. Hardcover, very good. Corners bumped, moderate shelf scuffing, leather labels rubbed, previous owner's signature, paper just starting to lightly age yellow, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. A milestone in the history of medicine, documenting the enormous progress surgery had made since the introduction of anesthesia, moving it from what was essentially cutting and hacking into the sophisticated, complex procedures and operations painstaking described here. This volume is devoted to prosthesis, surgical diseases and wounds of nasal cavities and sinuses, mouth, tongue, salivary glands, neck, thyroid, thymus, thorax, spinal column, breast, vagina, penis, testicles, complications of gonorrhea, and jaws. Medicine; history; surgeons; physicians. VERY HEAVY: EXTRA POSTAGE FOR PRIORIY MAIL (where available).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. ORIGINAL ISSUE. First edition (same date on title and copyright pages; no additional printings listed). Original green cloth, beveled edges, two red leather spine labels, glossy, coated paper, 961 pp, profusely illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs. Hardcover, very good. Corners bumped, moderate shelf scuffing, leather labels rubbed, ¼ inch nick at head of spine, previous owner's signature, front hinge cracked, paper just starting to lightly age yellow, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. A milestone in the history of medicine, documenting the enormous progress surgery had made since the introduction of anesthesia, moving it from what was essentially cutting and hacking into the sophisticated, complex procedures and operations painstaking described here. This volume is devoted surgical diseases and wounds of the pelvis and gluteal regions, extremities, including chronic x-ray dermatitis and baseball fingers, abdomen, heart, stomach, diaphragm, peritonitis, hernia, appendix, anus, rectum, etc. Medicine; history; surgeons; physicians. VERY HEAVY: EXTRA POSTAGE FOR PRIORIY MAIL (where available).…