Letters concerning the diseases of the urethra.
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211 x 123 mm. Small 4to. [viii], (13)-155, [1 blank], [6], [ads 2] pp. 6 engraved plates; occasional foxing. Modern red buckram, gilt spine, new end-leaves. Blind stamp of the Tufts University Med...
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211 x 123 mm. Small 4to. [viii], (13)-155, [1 blank], [6], [ads 2] pp. 6 engraved plates; occasional foxing. Modern red buckram, gilt spine, new end-leaves. Blind stamp of the Tufts University Medical School Library on title. Ownership signature of C. A. Carton. Very good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. First published London, 1810. In a series of three letters, Bell presented "his observations on various types of strictures in the urethra. He differentiated between simple, bridle, dilatable, spasmodic, callous, and ulcerated types of strictures and discussed their diagnosis, etiology, prognosis and treatment. All six plates were drawn by Bell, and two were also etched by him." Heirs of Hippocrates. Austin 183; Cushing B262; Gordon-Taylor 9; Heirs of Hippocrates (London, 1810); Hirsch, I, p. 377 (London, 1810); Thornton, Medical books, libraries and collectors, rev. ed., pp. 153-154 (London, 1810); Wellcome, II, p. 136. First Edition.
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Publisher: W. Wells & T. B. Wait; Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1811.
Year: 1811
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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