Author: Humphry, George Murray
Title: A Treatise on the Human Skeleton (Including the Joints)
Description: MacMillan and Co. 1858 vi, (2), 620, 60 lithographic plates (5 folding). . HB. 8vo, cont. half-calf, rubbed and scuffed, some wear to extremities, raised bands to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Binding cracked between half-title and title with first gathering slightly loose, but still attached. Inscribed by the author to Dr Hastings, (probably Sir Charles Hastings 1794-1866, founder of the British Medical Association). Several later medical owners' names: Henry Power, dated 1885 (Ophthalmic surgeon, 1829-1911) and A.J.E. Cave, 1935. Provenance: From the library of Prof. A.J.E. Cave (1900-2001), British anatomist, Professor of Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, 1946-1967, President of the Linnean Society 1970-1973, with his name to half-title and title.. First edition. Rare. Sir George Murray Humphry (1820-1896), British surgeon, who at various time had presidential roles in the Cambridge Medical Society (which he helped to form), the Sanitary Society of Great Britain (1882-1883), the Anatomical Society (1887), and the Pathological Society of London (1891-1893). Humphry was one of the first to attempt to bring human anatomy into line with the science of morphology; he was the first in England to remove successfully a tumour from the male bladder, and one of the first to advocate the advantages of the suprapubic method. From the 1870s he became a major figure in the vivisection debate. Humphry was elected FRS in 1859, after having written the present book. The work was illustrated with lithographic plates by his wife, Mary. (ODNB).Garrison & Morton 419..
Keywords: Human Skeleton
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Title: A Treatise on the Human Skeleton (Including the Joints)
Description: MacMillan and Co. 1858 vi, (2), 620, 60 lithographic plates (5 folding). . HB. 8vo, cont. half-calf, rubbed and scuffed, some wear to extremities, raised bands to spine, marbled edges and endpapers. Binding cracked between half-title and title with first gathering slightly loose, but still attached. Inscribed by the author to Dr Hastings, (probably Sir Charles Hastings 1794-1866, founder of the British Medical Association). Several later medical owners' names: Henry Power, dated 1885 (Ophthalmic surgeon, 1829-1911) and A.J.E. Cave, 1935. Provenance: From the library of Prof. A.J.E. Cave (1900-2001), British anatomist, Professor of Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, 1946-1967, President of the Linnean Society 1970-1973, with his name to half-title and title.. First edition. Rare. Sir George Murray Humphry (1820-1896), British surgeon, who at various time had presidential roles in the Cambridge Medical Society (which he helped to form), the Sanitary Society of Great Britain (1882-1883), the Anatomical Society (1887), and the Pathological Society of London (1891-1893). Humphry was one of the first to attempt to bring human anatomy into line with the science of morphology; he was the first in England to remove successfully a tumour from the male bladder, and one of the first to advocate the advantages of the suprapubic method. From the 1870s he became a major figure in the vivisection debate. Humphry was elected FRS in 1859, after having written the present book. The work was illustrated with lithographic plates by his wife, Mary. (ODNB).Garrison & Morton 419..
Keywords: Human Skeleton
Price: GBP 350.00 = appr. US$ 499.79 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A39922
- Book number: A39922
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