Editore: P. G. Medical Books, Singapore, 1977
Da: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hardback small quarto, no jacket, good condition, navy blue boards, gilt title & hospital logo front cover, gilt title on spine, black & white text-photos, light foxing edges & endpapers & reverse side rear photo, some edgewear, errata slip & contents sheet tipped in rear of front flyleaf, bookplate inside front cover, card pasted to title page. 132 pp. The history of a hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney (Australia) that was started by the Sisters of Charity. The hospital is the second hospital to be started in Sydney and was opened in 1857. This book is an account of the development of surgery at St. Vincent's Hospital for a span of over a hundred years. It has been written at the suggestion of members of the Hospital staff to commemorate the great work of the late Justin Fleming and Noel Newton, both very distinguished Australian surgeons. Includes separate printed notes: The obituary of Bryan Harle Gandevia (he had a profound influence on the development of respiratory medicine in Australia: his bookplate as previous owner), Dr Thomas Rowan (resident Doctor Bendigo Hospital later the Women's Hospital), Sir Ian Douglas Miller (Australia's first neurosurgeon, performing the first operation for a brain tumour in 1933: his card on title page).