Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands
Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands
Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands
Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands
Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands

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Commentaries on the Surgery of the War in Portugal, Spain, France, and the Netherlands

GUTHRIE, G. J.

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Title continues; "From the Battle of Rolica, in 1808, to that of Waterloo, in 1815; With additions relating to those in the Crimea in 1854-1855. Showing the improvements made during and since that period in the great art and science of surgery on all the subjects to which they relate. Revised to October, 1855." Thirty lectures plus an addenda with reports from Crimea. George James Guthrie's book was quickly printed from the London 1855 edition for use by surgeons in the US Civil War. Lecture I is about gunshot and bayonet wounds, which few physicians had dealt with prior to the war.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
  • Edition: First American edition, based on the sixth London edition published in 1855
  • Date Published: 1862
  • Place Published: Philadelphia
  • ISBN: n/a

Details

  • Condition: Very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    xxiv, [1], 26-614, [10] p. 19 cm. B&w figures within text. Black cloth. Respined and recornered. Scuff on lower rear. One signature (pp. 187-202) jutting out slightly. Paper starting to brown.

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