Pancoast, Joseph (1805-1882) A Treatise on Operative Surgery

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Pancoast, Joseph (1805-1882) A Treatise on Operative Surgery. Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1844.
Folio, first edition, illustrated throughout with eighty stunning full page lithographs of surgical procedures, mostly by S. Chicowksi, others by Queen, Hollis, Newsam, and others, with booksellers advertisements at front and back, and a prospectus for Moreau's Practical Treatise on Midwifery, by the same publisher; in publisher's embossed cloth, front board and spine sunned; presentation inscription from Dr. Albert Fiske Stanley (b. 1806) to Dr. Albion Parris Snow (b. 1826),both of Winthrop, Massachusetts, on ffep, 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.
Pancoast's is the definitive work on surgical practice, and includes important advances in plastic surgery.
Estimate $300-500

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