A treatise on hernia.
London: J. Callow, 1807. 8vo. xv, [i], 314, [6] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 3 plates (1 folding), and publisher’s advertisements. Modern boards, spine label worn and chipped, edges untrimmed. First leaf detached, pages brittle and some chipped, tape repair to first detached leaf, title, and p. 184 and p. 193, text is toned throughout. Item #15666
First edition, “the standard text for many years” (Garrison-Morton). This comprehensive manual details the different kinds of hernias, their causes, symptoms, and both surgical and non-surgical treatments, including medical devices. For example, the author recommends the use of an external truss to contain a herniated protrusion, illustrated on the first of the plates. The book concludes with a case study of a very specific nature: a man whose untreated scrotal hernia began to excrete feces.
Lawrence (1783-1867) was a British surgeon and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of London. He was an early proponent of Darwinian philosophies on evolution.
Garrison-Morton 3587.
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