Elements of surgery: for the use of students ; with plates (Volume 1).

  • Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818.
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1813
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Elements of surgery: for the use of students ; with plates (Volume 1). Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Published by Edward Parker, no. 178, & Kimber & Conrad, no. 93, Market Street. W. Brown, printer, Church Alley, 1813.

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illustrations (engravings, stipple engravings) ; 22 cm

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Shaw & Shoemaker 28351
Garrison-Morton (5th ed.) 5585.1
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 678

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1958. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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"The first systematic treatise on surgery written by an American. The work is notable for containing not only Dorsey's original contributions, but also for the publication of the work of Dorsey's uncle and teacher, the pioneer American surgeon, Philip Syng Physick"--Garrison-Morton
Vol. 1 has added engraved title page with vignette of Pennsylvania Hospital
Seven of the plates were drawn or engraved by the author; plate XXV is printed in red
Vol. 1: [4], vii, [1], 407, [1], XV leaves of plates; Vol. 2: [2], vii, [1], 388 p., XVI-XXVI leaves of plates
Film 633 reel 39 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 39, no. 678).

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