Household Surgery; Or, Hints On Emergencies..
Bound in original brown cloth, gilt with decorated blind stamped borders enclosing gilt block of the Good Samaritan on the front board. Extremities a little worn and some damp staining on lower and right hand edges of front board and lower margins of of first part of text; otherwise a very good copy. Binder's label on rear pastedown.
£85.00
Publisher
G. Cox, 18, King Street, Covent Garden.,
Place
London
Date
1852
Synopsis
By john f. south, one of the surgeons to st. thomas's hospital. fourth edition. with an additional chapter on poisons.
Item Description
12mo. 4 x 6 inches. xx + 320 pp. + 4 pp. publisher's advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by frontispiece and by wood engravings in text.
Notes
A wide ranging first aid book, including many treatments that would no longer be attempted or advised at home. The section on child rearing strongly advise against the practices of tight lacing and the wearing of stays and includes diagrams to demonstrate their deleterious effect on the female body. John Flint South (1797-1882) had a fifty-year association with St Thomas's Hospital, becoming a full surgeon in 1841 and being nominated a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843. The first edition appeared in 1847 and the fifth in 1880.
[Stock No. 23484]
