A general system of surgery : In three parts. Containing the doctrine and management I. Of wounds, fractures, ... II. Of the several operations ... III. Of the several bandages ... The whole illustrated with thirty eight copper-plates, ... To which is prefixed an introduction ... Translated into English from the Latin of Dr. Laurence Heister.

Author/creator Heister, Lorenz
Format Electronic
EditionThe fifth edition.
Publication InfoLondon : printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson; C. Davis; J. Clark; R. Manby; J. Whiston and B. White; and H. S. Cox, 1753.
Description2 volumes,38 plates : portrait ; 4⁰.
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Uniform titleChirurgie. English
General noteOriginally published in German in 1719, and subsequently published in Latin in 1739, with the title 'Institutiones chirurgicae'.
General noteReproduction of original from the Countway Library of Medicine.
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN2403.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements