A System of Surgery Extracted from the Works Benjamin Bell Edinburgh 1791 1st !!

Description: A System of Surgery Extracted from the Works of Benjamin Bell, of EdinburghBy Nicholas B. Waters, M. D.Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1791. First Edition of Nicholas Water's Abridgment. Full leather with maroon title box to spine and gilt lettering and horizontal rulings. 8vo - 5 x 8”. viii, 570, xxix pp. Includes 12 engraved plates of surgical instruments. The plates, which appear in the Appendix along with a complete text explanation of each, were engraved by James Trenchard. Fair. The boards are rubbed and soiled with tears to the extremities and splitting along the front and rear spine-folds. Note in pencil and the previous owner’s name in ink, “Planey MD”, on the front free endpaper. Lengthy note in ink on the recto of the second rear free endpaper. Contains many instances of notes and marks in ink in the text. Soiling, foxing, and closed tears to some of the inside pages. The 12 plates appear to have been crudely detached at some point and incorrectly reattached in the appendix. The binding is shaken and split in areas, but it is still attached. "Benjamin Bell studied under the Munros at Edinburgh. He was surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh for 29 years. He improved the methods of amputation, introducing the 'triple incision of Bell'." Bell published a number of important medical treatises and is widely considered the first Scottish scientific surgeon. In his 1796, A System of Surgery, he advocated the routine use of opium to relieve postoperative pain, "to be able to alleviate the misery of those who are obliged to submit to dangerous operations must afford the biggest gratification to every practitioner". Be sure to take a look at my store for similar items. Please feel free to ask any questions.Payment is requested as soon as possible. Shipment is made when payment has cleared. We will gladly combine shipping on multiple items to save on shipping costs.100% Satisfaction Guaranteed - If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact us within 30 days of receiving the item. We consider a sale final after 30 days. All items must be returned with their original materials to receive a refund. Shipping is non-refundable.

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