[ORTHOPEDICS]. -- HAMILTON, Frank Hastings (1813-1886). A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1860. 8o. 32-pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Text illustrations. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: E. Simpson (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION. The first complete work in English on the subject, including statistical tables, intended to provide information to be used in defending malpractice suits, a common hazard of American medical practice by the 19th-century. Garrison-Morton 4420; Norman 984. -- LITZMANN, Carl Conrad Theodor (1815-1890). Die Formen des Beckens, inbesondere des engen weiblichen Beckens ... . Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1861. 4o. 6 chromolithographed plates after drawings by Wittmaack. Modern half japan vellum, paper boards. FIRST EDITION. "Litzmann devised a clinical classification of pelves which was for many years generally used, and he described various deformities of the female pelvis" (Garrison-Morton 6263); Norman 1376. -- GESCHICKTER, Charles Freeborn (b. 1901) and Murray Marcus COPELAND (b. 1902). Tumours of Bone. With forewords by Dean Lewis ... and Joseph Colt Bloodgood. New York: American Journal of Cancer, 1931. 8o. Folding plate, numerous text illustrations. Original red buckram, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: W.W. Buffum (inscription on title by Geschickter, Copeland, Lewis, Bloodgood and Francis Carter Wood, editor of the American Journal of Cancer. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4400; Norman 898. -- ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876-1945). Bone-graft Surgery. Philadelphia & London: W.B. Saunders, 1915. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Spokane Medical and Dental Library, Washington. FIRST EDITION. "Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts" (Garrison-Morton 5757); Norman 27. -- HUMPHRY, George Murray (1820-1896). A Treatise on the Human Skeleton (including the joints). Cambridge: Macmillan, 1858. 8o. 60 lithographed plates. Original red blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, uncut. Provenance: George A. Piersol (bookplate, signature). FIRST EDITION. Humphry was the first professor of surgery at Cambridge. Garrison-Morton 419; Norman 1114. (5)

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[ORTHOPEDICS]. -- HAMILTON, Frank Hastings (1813-1886). A Practical Treatise on Fractures and Dislocations. Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1860. 8o. 32-pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Text illustrations. Original blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: E. Simpson (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION. The first complete work in English on the subject, including statistical tables, intended to provide information to be used in defending malpractice suits, a common hazard of American medical practice by the 19th-century. Garrison-Morton 4420; Norman 984. -- LITZMANN, Carl Conrad Theodor (1815-1890). Die Formen des Beckens, inbesondere des engen weiblichen Beckens ... . Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1861. 4o. 6 chromolithographed plates after drawings by Wittmaack. Modern half japan vellum, paper boards. FIRST EDITION. "Litzmann devised a clinical classification of pelves which was for many years generally used, and he described various deformities of the female pelvis" (Garrison-Morton 6263); Norman 1376. -- GESCHICKTER, Charles Freeborn (b. 1901) and Murray Marcus COPELAND (b. 1902). Tumours of Bone. With forewords by Dean Lewis ... and Joseph Colt Bloodgood. New York: American Journal of Cancer, 1931. 8o. Folding plate, numerous text illustrations. Original red buckram, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: W.W. Buffum (inscription on title by Geschickter, Copeland, Lewis, Bloodgood and Francis Carter Wood, editor of the American Journal of Cancer. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4400; Norman 898. -- ALBEE, Fred Houdlett (1876-1945). Bone-graft Surgery. Philadelphia & London: W.B. Saunders, 1915. 8o. Numerous text illustrations. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Spokane Medical and Dental Library, Washington. FIRST EDITION. "Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. He used cutting machines and saws to make inlaid, perfectly-fitting grafts" (Garrison-Morton 5757); Norman 27. -- HUMPHRY, George Murray (1820-1896). A Treatise on the Human Skeleton (including the joints). Cambridge: Macmillan, 1858. 8o. 60 lithographed plates. Original red blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, uncut. Provenance: George A. Piersol (bookplate, signature). FIRST EDITION. Humphry was the first professor of surgery at Cambridge. Garrison-Morton 419; Norman 1114. (5)