Author: STÖRCK, A. VAN [G. Ten Haaf, transl.]
Title: Verhandeling over de voornaamste kwetzuuren die den heelmeesteren in de legers, in belegerde steden, en op schepen van oorlog en elders kunnen voorkomen, door gevallen dienaangaande gesterkt; mitsgaders over niet of al nodig afzetten der leden. 2e en verm. druk.
Description: Rotterdam, G.A. Arrenberg, 1788. Orig. yellow pr. brds. (Sp. some dam.) (VIII (first 2 p. bl.), III, I pp.). (Bookplate Van der Hoeven). DMB 749/50: 'Ten Haaff was a very able and many sided physician. He was a member of several learned societies ...(he) wrote many articles on the treatment of various ailments, such as torticollis, bone fractures, cataract, aneurysma etc.': BMN I, 308: Wellcome III, 187: In this 2nd enlarged ed. Ten Haaff discusses injuries which orccur in the army, in cities under siege and aboard ships, such as bruises, shot-wounds, head wounds, facial injuries and wounds to the neck, breast and abdomen. Chapter 12 en 13 deal with fractures and the amputation of limbs:

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