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Illustrated supplement to Dr J. A. Sherman's pamphlet on hernia and its cure : containing copies of photographic likenesses of bad cases of rupture, before and after treatment, referred to in statements of patients contained in principal pamphlet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sherman, J. A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hernia--Treatment.
- Hernia.
- Genre:
- Pamphlets
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (31 pages) : chiefly illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : McBride Bro., Printers, 1880.
- Notes:
- Collection reference: 115620.D
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue.
- Very graphic illustrations of various men afflicted with hernias. Includes a newspaper extract and note at the back of the text about the obscenity charges brought against Dr. J. A. Sherman for the publication of this material, with details of his trials and his subsequent imprisonment.
- Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).
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