Item #148432 ON THE REPARATIVE PROCESS IN HUMAN TENDONS:. William Adams.

ON THE REPARATIVE PROCESS IN HUMAN TENDONS:

after subcutaneous division for the cure of deformities; with an account of the appearances presented in fifteen post-mortem examinations in the human subject; also A Series of Experiments on Rabbits, and a Resume of the English and Foreign Literature of the Subject. Illustrated by seven lithograph plates and a series of woodcuts. Pp. xii+176(last advertisement), 8 plates (the 7 lithographs each with explanatory text leaf), appendix; brown cloth, decorated in blind, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards faintly bruised; top edges uncut; a couple of tiny edge chips, a little light foxing; John Churchill, London, 1860. First edition. *From the library of Australian plastic reconstruction surgeon, John T. Hueston, with his faint pencilled signature on the upper free endpaper. Orthopaedic surgeon William Adams (1820-1900) invented the periosteotomy saw for subcutaneous surgery to cut the neck of the femur. Item #148432

Price: $750.00

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