Acupressure. A New Method of Arresting Surgical Haemorrhage and of Accelerating the Healing of Wounds [SIGNED]
by James Y. Simpson
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1864. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Brown cloth binding with bevelled board edges. Slight rubbing and marking to spine, endpapers replaced. Good solid binding. Page edges untrimmed. A few pencilled notes and margin markings, otherwise very clean throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to leading blank: 'Dr. Whiteford Greenock, with the kindest regards of J.Y. Simpson'. In 1847 Simpson was the first to demonstrate the use of chloroform as an anesthetic. One of the appendices in this work is a patient's account of amputation prior to anaesthetics. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiv, 580
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- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1194A010
- Title
- Acupressure. A New Method of Arresting Surgical Haemorrhage and of Accelerating the Healing of Wounds [SIGNED]
- Author
- James Y. Simpson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm)
- Keywords
- Kirkup collection, Science_Medicine
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Copies & Rarities; Science & Medicine;
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Tarrington Books
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Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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