Hardbound fabric covered book; leather spine and leather details on corners of covers; describes operative surgery practices; chapters include general considerations,surgery of the vascular system, surgery of the nervous system and surgery of the extremeties; various illustrations; signed by origin…
Hardbound fabric covered book; leather spine and leather details on corners of covers; describes operative surgery practices; chapters include general considerations,surgery of the vascular system, surgery of the nervous system and surgery of the extremeties; various illustrations; signed by original owner on title page; 382 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Originally located in residents' library of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kingston General Hospital; donated to museum via Dr. Michael J. McGrath.
Printed on first page: "TEXT-BOOK // OF // OPERATIVE SURGERY // BY // DR. THEODOR KOCHER // THIRD ENGLISH EDITION // AUTHORISED TRANSLATION FROM THE FIFTH GERMAN EDITION // BY // HAROLD J. STILES, M.B., F.R.C.S. EDIN. // AND // C. BALFOUR PAUL, M.B. F.R.C.S. EDIN. // IN TWO VOLS. // VOL. I // TORONTO // THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. // LONDON: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK // 1911"; hand-written on title page: "G. J. Forsken"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-3
Dimension Notes
Length 24.0 cm x Width 17.4 cm x Depth 5.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Cover has light wear from use; fabric on front cover has water marks at one location horizontally; front cover is slightly curved concavely
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Textbook printed in a two volume set; set complements copy currently at museum of the single-volume English translation of the fourth German edition published in 1903
Exhibit History
To display in Museum (North Gallery Room 1013): "Electricity and the Invisible Ray," Oct. 2006 - Feb 2016.