A treatise on the diseases of the arteries and veins containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries. London: Thomas Underwood, 1815. 2 volumes. 8vo (242 x 142 mm) and folio atlas (335 x 255 mm). 8 engraved plates. Text volume in 20th century quarter parchment and blue paper covered boards, atlas in contemporary speckled calf, black morocco spine label. Staining to endpapers of atlas, ink spatter to first text page and tissue guard accompanying plate II. FIRST EDITIONS. Hodgson's highly detailed illustrations were unmatched prior to the advent of photography. The work includes the first description of non-sacculated dilation of the aortic arch, which came to be known as Hodgson's disease. Bedford 706-707; Garrison-Morton 2741.
A treatise on the diseases of the arteries and veins containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries. London: Thomas Underwood, 1815. 2 volumes. 8vo (242 x 142 mm) and folio atlas (335 x 255 mm). 8 engraved plates. Text volume in 20th century quarter parchment and blue paper covered boards, atlas in contemporary speckled calf, black morocco spine label. Staining to endpapers of atlas, ink spatter to first text page and tissue guard accompanying plate II. FIRST EDITIONS. Hodgson's highly detailed illustrations were unmatched prior to the advent of photography. The work includes the first description of non-sacculated dilation of the aortic arch, which came to be known as Hodgson's disease. Bedford 706-707; Garrison-Morton 2741.
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