Bound collection of 18 offprints on hand surgery, from Edward Delos Churchill's library

1916. Kanavel, Allen B. (1874-1938); Koch, Sumner; & Mason, Michael (1895-1963). Collection of 18 offprints, pamphlets, etc. on infections and orthopedic disabilities of the hand, with typed index and obituary notice of Kanavel. Various sizes, bound in one 4to volume. V.p., 1916-33. Buckram, somewhat soiled & worn; 11 offprints with original printed wrappers bound in. A few leaves frayed, but a very good set, from the library of Edward Delos Churchill (1895-1972; see G-M 3211.1), with his bookplate.
A remarkable group of early papers on hand surgery by Kanavel and his successors Sumner Koch and Michael Mason, who together were largely responsible for the development of hand surgery as a separate discipline. Most of these offprints would be nearly impossible to replace.
Included is Mason and Clarence Shearon's important paper, "The process of tendon repair: An experimental study of tendon suture and tendon graft" (Arch. Surg. 25 [1932]), described by Boyes as "one of the classics of the literature of experimental tendon repair" (On the Shoulders of Giants, p. 209). The remaining papers deal with treatment of clinical infections, congenital malformations, compound injuries, carcinoma, tendon rupture, human bite infections, etc. 35894.