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STOKES, William (1804-1878). An Introduction to the Use of the Stethoscope; with its application to the diagnosis in diseases of the thoracic viscera. Edinburgh: for MacLachlan and Stewart [and others in London and Dublin], 1825.
8o (195 x 122 mm). (Free endpapers skilfully re-attached at inner margins.) Original boards, uncut (rebacked in calf, some wear to board edges). Provenance: OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (1809-1894), see lots 1128-1130 (signature in pencil on front free endpaper); Kings County Medical Society Library (bookplate, oval stamp on title-page).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC ENGLISH TREATISE ON THE STETHOSCOPE. "Published in a small edition shortly before Stokes's graduation from medical school, the work gave significant impetus to the use of the stethoscope in diagnosis, and also served as the basis for Stokes's 1837 work on diseases of the chest [see lot ***, HFN 2023]" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 2674; Norman 2022.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC ENGLISH TREATISE ON THE STETHOSCOPE. "Published in a small edition shortly before Stokes's graduation from medical school, the work gave significant impetus to the use of the stethoscope in diagnosis, and also served as the basis for Stokes's 1837 work on diseases of the chest [see lot ***, HFN 2023]" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 2674; Norman 2022.