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COOPER, Astley Paston (1768-1841). Illustrations of the diseases of the breast; in two parts. London: Longman & others, 1829.
4o (317 x 250 mm). Uncut. 9 lithographed plates, all but one hand-colored, plate IX printed on India proof paper and mounted (very minor soiling to plates and text). Original boards, later cloth spine (extremities worn, joints starting).
FIRST EDITION. This monograph was to have had two parts, the first on non-malignant and the second on malignant tumours, but the second part was never completed. Cooper includes one of the earliest descriptions of hyper-plastic cystic disease of the breast, naming it "hyatid disease". Garrison-Morton 5769; Norman 511.
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FIRST EDITION. This monograph was to have had two parts, the first on non-malignant and the second on malignant tumours, but the second part was never completed. Cooper includes one of the earliest descriptions of hyper-plastic cystic disease of the breast, naming it "hyatid disease". Garrison-Morton 5769; Norman 511.