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Surgeon General, U.S. Army, 1924. Hardcover. Good +. ix, 110 p. 26 cm. 35 b&w plates. Blue cloth with gold print. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Spot on upper front corner. Pages 15-21 have rough, torn and chipped edges. Faint mark at bottom of p. 1 and first plate.
Title continues: "Operative Technique - Formation and After-Treatment of the Stump from the Standpoint of Prosthesis. A Study Based on Seventeen Hundred Cases of Amputation for Injuries and Disease Occurring in the World War and Since Its Termination." Discusses amputations of the upper and lower extremities, the guillotine stump, the care of the stump, joint deformities, temporary prosthesis.
Title continues: "Operative Technique - Formation and After-Treatment of the Stump from the Standpoint of Prosthesis. A Study Based on Seventeen Hundred Cases of Amputation for Injuries and Disease Occurring in the World War and Since Its Termination." Discusses amputations of the upper and lower extremities, the guillotine stump, the care of the stump, joint deformities, temporary prosthesis.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123027
- Title
- Amputations
- Author
- KIRK, Norman Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Surgeon General, U.S. Army
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Amputation, Medical history, Military surgeons, Operations, Prosthesis, Joint deformities
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
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