A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MODERN SURGERY, ARRANGED IN A NEW NOSOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMATIC METHOD, DIFFERENT FROM ANY YET ATTEMPTED IN SURGERY
London: E. Hudson; W. Richardson, 1792. Octavo, 352, [20] pages + folding table. Fair; Bound in contemporary full brown tree calf with label and gilt tooling to spine; Binding worn with chipping to head and tail of spine and to label; Front board nearly detached; Book label of William S. Halsted to front pastedown; Closed tear to p. 71, impacting text but not legibility; Very small tear to margin of plate, not impacting printed area; Text block age-toned and foxed. MF consignment.
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William Stewart Halsted (1852-1922) was a prominent American surgeon known for his use of aseptic techniques and as an early adopter of anesthetics. He was one of the founding professors of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.