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[MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS]. Circular No. 7. War Department, Su...

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[MEDICAL ILLUSTRATIONS]. Circular No. 7. War Department, Surgeon General?s Office? A Report on Amputations at the Hip-Joint in Military Surgery. Washington: Government Printing Office, July 1, 1867. 4to. Illustrated with 5 chromolithographic and 4 black and white plates of Union soldiers missing a leg at one of their hip joints. [88] pp. Front wrapper (rear wrapper missing, spine partially perished; front wrapper nearly detached, creased, chipped, foxed, some foxing to text, some plates creased at upper corner). Good.