Colloquia chyrurgica: or, the whole art of surgery epitomiz'd and made easie, according to modern practice … The third edition, revised and corrected.
London: printed for A. Bettesworth, 1721. 8vo, pp. [16], 192, [8]; contemporary full calf, red morocco label; some mould on endpapers and flyleaves, some modest spotting and browning of the pages, and one mild waterstain through the bottom third of the first 35 pages; all else very good and sound. Interesting compendium of surgery in which "all things necessary to be known and practis'd in the cure of tumors, ulcers, wounds, fractures, and dislocations, are concisely handled." First published in 1705 as Colloquia chirurgica. The author was a surgeon in the Royal Navy. Item #21946
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