[MEDICINE]. BERNARD, Claude (1813-1878). A Text Book of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy. London: Baillière, Tindall, and Cox, 1878. 8vo. Profusely illustrated with 88 chromolithographed plates. 441 pp. Contemporary full calf. EARLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATED WORK ON SURGERY.
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Binding heavily worn, front joint cracked, with spine partially detached, later library marking on spine, ffep. a bit loose, hinges cracking, several gutters starting. Text and plates clean. Fair.
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Bookplate (fp.) and ownership signature (first blank) of pioneering surgeon, Albert Vander Veer (1841-1929), who performed the first thyroidectomy. He also wrote several medical texts. Bernard's earlier version of this work, Illustrated Manual of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy (1855), was distributed to every Union Army surgeon during the Civil War.