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BILLROTH, THEODOR - Die Allgemeine Chirurgische Pathologie und Therapie in fünfzig Vorlesungen. Ein Handbuch für studirende und Aerzte. Mit Holzschnitten

Berlin, Verlag von Georg Reimer, 1863. Large 8vo. W. 77 figs. in the text. Contemp. half clf., over green marbled brds. (Spine ends, edges and covers some rubb.). (XX, 712 [711-12 errata] pp.). (Occasional sl. foxing and evenly some yellowing/browning throughout; (upper &) righthand margin in places a vague thin watersp., first 15 lvs. more so.). First edition. G&M 5608.: 'Billroth, professor of surgery at Zürich and Vienna, was the founder of the Vienna School of Surgery. He has also been called the founder of modern abdominal surgery, and he was one of the first to introduce antisepsis into the Continental operating room. The above work, which placed him in the front rank, was translated into ten languages...' : DSB vol. II, pp. 129 - 131: Norman, 235: Heirs of Hippocrates, 1952: 'Billroth may be regarded as the founder of modern abdominal surgery through his pioneering workin resection of the esophagus and removal of the upper part of the stomach and portions of the bowel. ... he must probably be considered the most important single influence on the development of modern surgery...':
EUR 625.00 [Appr.: US$ 668.98 | £UK 537.25 | JP¥ 103614] Book number 5858

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