Buy this book on-line Macleod, George H. B : Notes on the Surgery of the War in Crimea, with remarks on the treatment of gunshot woundsLondon: John Churchill, 1858., 1858
First printing. 8vo. Frontispiece map. xii, 439 pp. Illustrated with tables. Original brown cloth binding. Apparently the first publication of the surgical results of the Crimean War, apart from Macleods own reports in the Edinburgh Med. J. written from camp. Very interesting book on military medicine. Topics include use of chloroform, gunshot wounds of joints, compound fractures of extremities, nursing, camp hygiene, amputation, etc. The Crimean War (1853-1856) was in some ways a medical & technological rehearsal for the US Civil War. Inscription on title page: "Sig. Ghirini from his grateful patient Wm Kitching 1859." Some light spinal wear/sunning else a tight very good plus book. Uncommon thus.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Macleod, George H. B : Notes on the Surgery of the War in Crimea, with remarks on the treatment of gunshot wounds. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres d'occasion, libri rari, antiquarian books and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |