Hardbound book describing principles and practices of orthopaedic surgery conducted by Dr. R. C. Elmslie during two and a half years while working at the Military Orthopaedic Hospital in 1917-18 in Great Britain; photographs show patient and custom prothesis after surgery, x-rays, treatment techniā¦
Hardbound book describing principles and practices of orthopaedic surgery conducted by Dr. R. C. Elmslie during two and a half years while working at the Military Orthopaedic Hospital in 1917-18 in Great Britain; photographs show patient and custom prothesis after surgery, x-rays, treatment techniques, physiotherapy recommended and surgical appliances created for each unique problem; 323 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Library collection of Dr. John Walter Hazlett (Uof Toronto Med, 1947) and his father Dr. John McLean Hazlett (Queen's, 1919), donated by Mrs. John Hazlett.
Printed along spine: "AFTER // TREATMENT // OF // WOUNDS // ELMSLIE // BLAKISTON"; Printed on frontispiece: "THE // AFTER TREATMENT OF // WOUNDS AND INJURIES // BY R. C. ELMSLIE, M. S., F.R.C.S"; hand-stamped on inside of both covers: "ORTHOPAEDIC AND SURGICAL APPLIANCES BRANCH // DEPT. OF SOLDIERS' CIVIL RE-ESTABLISHMENT."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-5-2
Dimension Notes
Length 23.9 cm x Width 16.4 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new; front cover edges have slightly worn edges and two are creased.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Dr. Elmslie, M.S., F.R.C.S., author, Brevet-Major R.A.M.C. (T.F.), Special Military Surgical Hospital, Shepard's Bush; Surgeon-in-Charge of the Orthopaedic, Physical Exercise and Massage Departs., St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Surgeon to Out-Patients, Metropolitan Hospital; Orthopaedic Surgeon to Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton; Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Foundling Hospital and National Childen's Home and Orphanage: authors credentials as of 1919