Medicine.- Wiseman (Richard) A Treatise of Wounds, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, with 2F5 & 6 (F5 blank other than signature, F6 half-title to Appendix, neither included in pagination) but lacking A1 and 2K8 (initial and final blanks) and with lower half of 2K7 torn away, light damp-staining to head, creasing and occasional fraying to upper corners, occasional light soiling and scattered foxing, ownership inscription and various scribblings, contemporary calf, foot of spine a little worn, rubbed, [G&M 5573; Wellcome V p.456; Wing W3110], 8vo, by R. Norton for Richard Royston, 1672. ⁂ Rare. "Wiseman ranks in surgery as high as does Sydenham in medicine...He was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints...and he gave a good account of gunshot wounds. Wiseman became surgeon to Charles II in 1672." - G&M. Provenance: Charles G. Foott M.D. (ink ownership inscription).
Medicine.- Wiseman (Richard) A Treatise of Wounds, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, with 2F5 & 6 (F5 blank other than signature, F6 half-title to Appendix, neither included in pagination) but lacking A1 and 2K8 (initial and final blanks) and with lower half of 2K7 torn away, light damp-staining to head, creasing and occasional fraying to upper corners, occasional light soiling and scattered foxing, ownership inscription and various scribblings, contemporary calf, foot of spine a little worn, rubbed, [G&M 5573; Wellcome V p.456; Wing W3110], 8vo, by R. Norton for Richard Royston, 1672. ⁂ Rare. "Wiseman ranks in surgery as high as does Sydenham in medicine...He was the first to describe tuberculosis of the joints...and he gave a good account of gunshot wounds. Wiseman became surgeon to Charles II in 1672." - G&M. Provenance: Charles G. Foott M.D. (ink ownership inscription).
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