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The Chirurgical Works of Percival Pott. 2-vol. in One (Complete)

Pott, Percival

Birmingham, Alabama: Classics of Medicine Library, 1985. Special edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 508, [2], 493, [1]pp. Original gilt-stamped full leather with gold lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable facsimile edition of "The Chirurgical Works" of Percival Pott, the famed English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopedy, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen. Binding and interior in fine condition. vg. Item #31209

Price: $45.00