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The Institutes and Practice of Surgery : being the outlines of a course of lectures / by William Gibson, M.D. Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania, Surgeon and Clinical Lecturer to the Philadelphia Hospital-Blockley.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, William, 1788-1868, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgery.
- Surgery, Operative.
- Therapeutics.
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- General Surgery.
- surgery (health care function).
- treating (health care function).
- Medical Subjects:
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- General Surgery.
- Therapeutics.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxiii, 469 pages, 19 leaves of plates ; 444 pages, 12 leaves of plates) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth Edition, Enlarged
- Manufacture:
- [S.l.] : Griggs & Co., Printers,
- Other Title:
- Gibson's Surgery
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1838.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Chapter I. Inflammation; Chapter II. Varieties of Inflammation; Chapter III. Wounds; Chapter IV. Abscesses; Chapter V. Ulcers; Chapter VI. Specific Diseases; Chapter VII. Fractures; Chapter VIII. Luxations; Chapter IX. Diseases of the Bones and Joints
- v. 2. Chapter I. Diseases of the Nose and Antrum; Chapter II. Diseases of the Mouth; Chapter III. Diseases of the Neck; Chapter IV. Diseases of the Thorax; Chapter V. Diseases of the Abdomen; Chapter V I. Diseases of the Rectum; Chapter VII. Diseases of the Tunica Vaginalis and Testis; Chapter VIII. Diseases of the Penis; Chapter IX. Diseases of the Urethra and Bladder; Chapter X. Diseases of the Eye; Chapter XI. Diseases of the Ear; Chapter XII. Diseases of the Arteries
- Chapter XIII. Diseases of the Veins; Chapter XIV. Injuries of the Head; Chapter XV. Local Diseases of the Nerves; Chapter XVI. Amputation; Chapter XVII. Hysterotomy of Cæsarian Section.
- Notes:
- Includes prefaces for first, second, third and fourth editions.
- Publisher's advertisements (8 pages) at end of volume 2.
- Brown leather boards ruled in gilt with black title label stamped in gilt on spine.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- RD31.G4 1838: Presented to the Penn Libraries by H. Carton Rogers have bookplates and autographs (dated Sep 19th 1838) of Augustus William McDowell, M.D.
- OCLC:
- 5183486
- Online:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101561444
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