[MEDICINE]. PANCOAST, Dr. Joseph. A Treatise on Operative Surgery? Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1852. Large 4to. Illustrated throughout with 80 engraved plates. 389 pp. Publisher?s full brown cloth, boards and spine stamped in gilt, front board lettered in gilt (binding heavily worn, corners bumped, joints worn, some soiling to binding, hinges cracked, text and plates foxed, some toning to text.) Fair. FIRST EDITION. Ownership signatures (fp. and title-page) of Dr. Galen E. Bishop, a prominent 19th century surgeon in Buchanan County, Missouri. Measurements: 14 x 12 x 2?.