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A MANUAL AND ATLAS OF MEDICAL OPHTHALMOSCOPY
by Gowers, W. R
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (Revised). Hardcover. Good. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (revised). 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. xii, 330, 14, [2]. Dark brown cloth, ruled on blind. Recently rebacked with full calf spine, ruled and decorated in gilt, five raised bands with medallion gilt stamp repeated in each section. Selection from publisher's general catalogue of works on medicine (14 page) appears at rear. 12 color and sepia-tone plates. Two indices. Deckled edges.
Boards have light edge and corner wear. Front board has some soiling, staining. Front hinge has been repaired with book binding tape. Half title page has a tear at upper spine join. Previous owner's, physicians both, have stamped preliminary pages. Very occasional bracketing/notes in light pencil. Binding solid, tight overall. Edited with the assistance of Marcus Gunn (Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital). Gowers was a noted neurologist and surgeon who pioneered work in Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
Gowers was a noteworthy British neurologist who gave his name to Gowers' sign (a sign of muscular weakness) [1], the Gowers' tract (tractus spinocerebellaris anterior) in the nervous system and Gowers' Round (the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery's weekly case presentation and clinical teaching session). (Wikipedia).
Boards have light edge and corner wear. Front board has some soiling, staining. Front hinge has been repaired with book binding tape. Half title page has a tear at upper spine join. Previous owner's, physicians both, have stamped preliminary pages. Very occasional bracketing/notes in light pencil. Binding solid, tight overall. Edited with the assistance of Marcus Gunn (Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital). Gowers was a noted neurologist and surgeon who pioneered work in Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.
Gowers was a noteworthy British neurologist who gave his name to Gowers' sign (a sign of muscular weakness) [1], the Gowers' tract (tractus spinocerebellaris anterior) in the nervous system and Gowers' Round (the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery's weekly case presentation and clinical teaching session). (Wikipedia).
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 351
- Title
- A MANUAL AND ATLAS OF MEDICAL OPHTHALMOSCOPY
- Author
- Gowers, W. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third edition (Revised)
- Publisher
- J. & A. Churchill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1890
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