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COOPER, Astley Paston (1768-1841). The Anatomy of the Thymus Gland. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Green, and Brown, 1832. 4 o (318 x 252 mm). 5 lithographed plates, including 3 partially hand-colored plates. Contemporary boards, upper cover with printed paper label (rebacked, rubbing to edges). FIRST EDITION of Cooper's description of the thymus. "He described the 'reservoir' of the thymus as lined by smooth mucous membrane and running spirally, not straight, through the gland" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 1119; Welcome II, p.388; Norman 512. -- COOPER. "Account of the first successful operation, performed on the common carotid artery, for aneurism, in the year 1808: with the post-mortem examination, in 1821." In: Guy's Hospital reports I (1836), pp. 53-58. London: Samuel Highley, 1836. 8 o (214 x 134 mm). Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with red leather labels, marbled boards. Hand-colored lithographed plate. FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Cooper, a pioneer in vascular surgery, first attempted this operation on 1 November 1805, but the patient died. The second attempt, on 22 June 1808 was successful and the patient lived another 13 years. Garrison-Morton 2955; Norman 513. [ Bound with :] -- COOPER. "Case of femoral aneurism, for which the external iliac artery was tied ... with an account of the preparation of the limb, dissected at the expiration of eighteen years." In: Guy's hospital reports I (1836), pp. 43-52. London: Samuel Highley, 1836. 2 hand-colored lithographed plates. FIRST EDITION, journal issue. Cooper successfully ligated the femoral artery for aneurism in 1808. Garrison-Morton 2954; Norman 514. (2)