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DWIGHT, Thomas (1843-1911). Frozen Sections of a Child. New York: William Wood, 1881.
4o (277 x 192 mm). 15 plates after H.P. Quincy. Original cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (some rubbing, joints weak). Provenance: Arthur C. Jeely (ownership signature crossed out on front free endpaper); J.C. Munro (ink stamp on title-page and front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. "A classical work of great importance in pediatrics, and the first American group of serial sections" (Choulant-Frank p. 409).
[With:]
SYMINGTON, Johnson (1851-1924). The Topographical Anatomy of the Child. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1887.
2o (430 x 305 mm). 14 color lithographed plates (2 folding) (repairs to a few plates). Original cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine (rebacked, preserving original spine, some rubbing at extremities). Provenance: British Medical Association Library (ink stamps on title-page).
FIRST EDITION. "Life-sized colored plates, based upon frozen sections. Introduces the novelty of key-figures, showing the lines along which the sections were taken" (Choulant-Frank p. 409). Heirs of Hippocrates 2139.
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FIRST EDITION. "A classical work of great importance in pediatrics, and the first American group of serial sections" (Choulant-Frank p. 409).
[With:]
SYMINGTON, Johnson (1851-1924). The Topographical Anatomy of the Child. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1887.
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FIRST EDITION. "Life-sized colored plates, based upon frozen sections. Introduces the novelty of key-figures, showing the lines along which the sections were taken" (Choulant-Frank p. 409). Heirs of Hippocrates 2139.
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