"A System of Surgery" by Nicholas Waters, extracted from the works of Benjamin Bell

Medical texts--1790-1810
Hamilton, William (1772-1810)

Bound book, 5" x 8 1/2", with leather jacket hand-sewn over boards, 570 pages with 12 illustrative plates and index covering contemporary methods of medicine and surgery in the late 18th century. This is a first edition of the single volume American version of a six-volume set by Benjamin Bell published in Europe. Fair condition with some staining, foxing and insect damage. William Hamilton's name is inscribed on a number of the front and end pages.
For digitized copy of second edition, see:
https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-2543024R-bk

Waters, Nicholas Baker (1764-1796)
Bell, Benjamin (1749-1806)

Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, Penn.

1791

Gift of Mary R. Tingley Laidley (1859-1940) to the Field Memorial Library.

CHS

CHS. Fair use.

None

Text

FML-2012-003.01

Conway, Mass.

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