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SYME, J.- - Contributions to the pathology and practice of surgery.

Edinburgh, Sutherland & Knox, 1848. W. textills. Contemp. hlf. polished clf., over marbled brds., spine w. double gilt rules and some blindst. wavy rules, spine rubbed, edges and covers rubbed, corners some dam.; w. black title shield, chipped along the edges). [n4, A-X8]. (VIII, 336 pp. and errata slip). (Signature in ink on title 'Thos Carr Galton'). Comrie, Scottish Medicine, 593/9: Syme (1799-1870) was a Scottish surgeon, who was called the Napoleon of surgery: Hirsch V, 494/6: '....worin er sich u. A.gegen die Resection des Kniegelenkes....,ferner die des Fuss- und Handgelenkes aussprach and nur die im Ellenbogen- und Schultergelenk für zulässig erklärte.': G & M 5599: 'Syme was a popular teacher and a fine, conservative surgeon, one of the first to adopt ether anaesthesia and to welcome the antiseptic principles laid down by his son-in-law, Lister.': Bailey / Bishop, Notable names, pp. 73 - 75: 'Syme's name is perpetuated by his amputation ... many patients are able to get about without an artificial limb.'
EUR 870.00 [Appr.: US$ 1012.15 | £UK 750.25 | JP¥ 149248] Book number 1773

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