1882 GROSS Anatomy & Surgery System Medicine Pathology Therapy Engraving 2v Set
Samuel Gross, a renowned 19th-century physician and surgeon, was well-known for his medical treatises on surgery, particularly “System of Surgery”. This work is highly desirable and important, regardless of edition, and, according to ‘Heirs of Hippocrates’ the greatest surgical treatise ever written and was for many years the standard text in medical schools. Gross composed this work to be “the most elaborate, if not the most complete treatise in the English language.” (GM 5607).
This 1882 edition is highly sought after, and this example is no exception with 1623 engravings throughout.
1882 GROSS Anatomy & Surgery System Medicine Pathology Therapy Engraving 2v Set
Samuel Gross, a renowned 19th-century physician and surgeon, was well-known for his medical treatises on surgery, particularly “System of Surgery”. This work is highly desirable and important, regardless of edition, and, according to ‘Heirs of Hippocrates’ the greatest surgical treatise ever written and was for many years the standard text in medical schools. Gross composed this work to be “the most elaborate, if not the most complete treatise in the English language.” (GM 5607).
This 1882 edition is highly sought after, and this example is no exception with 1623 engravings throughout.
Item number: #24946
Price: $750
GROSS, Samuel
A System of Surgery: pathological, diagnostic, therapeutic and operative
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea’s Son and Co., 1882.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
- I – xxxii, 33-1194
- 704 illustrations
- II – xxxii, [2], 19-1174, [2], 4
- 919 illustrations
- References: HoH 931; Garrison-Morton 5607; Osler 2842
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; tight and secure
- Size: ~10.5in X 7.25in (27cm x 18.5cm)
- I – xxxii, 33-1194
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24946
Category
Medicine & Science
Authors
GROSS, Samuel
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete