Author: BLASIUS, E.
Title: Akiurgische Abbildungen oder Darstelliung der blutigen chirugischen Operationen und die für dieselben erfundenen Werkzeuge. Zweite verbesserte und berichtigte durch 10 Kupfertafeln vermehrte Auflage. Sechzig theilweise illuminirte Kupfertafeln.
Description: Berlin, Verlag von Fredrich August Herbig [Berlin gedruckt bei C.Feister], 1844. Folio [51 x 33 cm.]. W. engr. title and 60 pls.(50 plus 10 supplement pls) [a number of plates with a touch of handcolouring]. ['C. Steglich sclp: Berlin']. Contemp. hlf clf., over marbled brds., spine ends & outer hinges rubb., top of spine a few chips.). Atlas volume only.: Hirsch I, 566: Wellcome II, 178 (also without textvol.): Very important, especially for the depiction of the specialised surgical instruments. Baas, 1060: : 'Blasius was a famous teacher and operator, in the latter capacity well-known for his eliptical method of amputation and his refracture of badly united bones of the osteoclast.'

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