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45465
HOOPER, Robert [1773-1835].
THE SURGEON VADE-MECUM.
Containing The Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Surgical Diseases also Select Formulae of Prescriptions, and a Glossary of Terms

London printed for Longman.......1814. The second and best edition greatly enlarged and improved. 16mo, original quarter calf on marbled boards. Hinges weak but holding firm. Some significant rubbing on the spine and boards. Two fine ex-libris on front end-paper. Accompanied by Engravings to illustrate the modern and approved methods of operating.
***** The plates (twelve all together) include depictions of hernia, broken and fractured arms and legs in bandages and splinters, the operation of lithotomy, the application of instruments employed in cutting for gallstones, the appearance of stricture, and the successive steps of the operations for amputating a limb and correcting hare lip.

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