![WOODALL, John (c.1556-1643). The Surgeons Mate or Military & Domestique Surgery... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague. London: Robert Young [J. Legate? and E. Purslowe], for Nicholas Bourne, 1639. Small 2° (291 x 184mm). Engraved title, 4 engraved plates of surgical instruments, one folding letterpress table, woodcut of Mercury on Ll3 recto. (As often lacking the frontispiece portrait of Charles I on horseback which is supplied in facsimile, title re-margined, some repairs including to the plates and in the margins of A2 and the epistle, H2, K2 and others, some staining and soiling, a few leaves bound out of sequence.) Modern calf by Period Bookbinders, panelled in blind. Provenance: John Spence (early signature on title, some marginalia) -- Bath Medical Library (a few marginal stamps).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0370_001(woodall_john_the_surgeons_mate_or_military_domestique_surgery_with_a_t121745).jpg?w=1)
![WOODALL, John (c.1556-1643). The Surgeons Mate or Military & Domestique Surgery... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague. London: Robert Young [J. Legate? and E. Purslowe], for Nicholas Bourne, 1639. Small 2° (291 x 184mm). Engraved title, 4 engraved plates of surgical instruments, one folding letterpress table, woodcut of Mercury on Ll3 recto. (As often lacking the frontispiece portrait of Charles I on horseback which is supplied in facsimile, title re-margined, some repairs including to the plates and in the margins of A2 and the epistle, H2, K2 and others, some staining and soiling, a few leaves bound out of sequence.) Modern calf by Period Bookbinders, panelled in blind. Provenance: John Spence (early signature on title, some marginalia) -- Bath Medical Library (a few marginal stamps).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2012/CSK/2012_CSK_06237_0370_000(woodall_john_the_surgeons_mate_or_military_domestique_surgery_with_a_t103348).jpg?w=1)
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WOODALL, John (c.1556-1643). The Surgeons Mate or Military & Domestique Surgery... with a treatise of ye cure of ye plague. London: Robert Young [J. Legate? and E. Purslowe], for Nicholas Bourne, 1639. Small 2° (291 x 184mm). Engraved title, 4 engraved plates of surgical instruments, one folding letterpress table, woodcut of Mercury on Ll3 recto. (As often lacking the frontispiece portrait of Charles I on horseback which is supplied in facsimile, title re-margined, some repairs including to the plates and in the margins of A2 and the epistle, H2, K2 and others, some staining and soiling, a few leaves bound out of sequence.) Modern calf by Period Bookbinders, panelled in blind. Provenance: John Spence (early signature on title, some marginalia) -- Bath Medical Library (a few marginal stamps).
The second edition but the first to include all Woodall's works. The author, a contemporary of Harvey, was the surgeon-general to the East India Company and this edition of the Surgeon's Mate was made required reading for all naval surgeons in the Company. He was one of the first doctors to realize the importance of lemons, limes and oranges as a preventative measure against scurvy. STC 25963; Wellcome 6775; cf. Garrison and Morton 2144.
The second edition but the first to include all Woodall's works. The author, a contemporary of Harvey, was the surgeon-general to the East India Company and this edition of the Surgeon's Mate was made required reading for all naval surgeons in the Company. He was one of the first doctors to realize the importance of lemons, limes and oranges as a preventative measure against scurvy. STC 25963; Wellcome 6775; cf. Garrison and Morton 2144.