A general system of surgery [electronic resource], in three parts. Containing the doctrine and management I. Of wounds, fractures, ... II. Of the several operations ... III. Of the several bandages ... To which is prefixed, an introduction, ... Illustrated with forty copper-plates, ... By Dr. Laurence Heister, ... Translated from the author's last edition, greatly improved.

Author
Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
The eighth edition, revised and corrected.
Published/​Created
London : printed for J. Whiston, L. Davis and C. Reymers, B. White, H. Woodfall, R. Baldwin, [and 7 others], 1768.
Description
2v.,40 plates ; 4⁰.

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Notes
  • Originally published in German in 1719, and subsequently published in Latin in 1739, with the title 'Institutiones chirurgicae'.
  • Reproduction of original from the Countway Library of Medicine.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
References
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN2406.
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