[Rarebooks] FS - Ormerod's1846 book on surgery and syphilis

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*ORMEROD, W. P., /CLINCIAL COLLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS IN SURGERY MADE 
DURING AN ATTENDANCE ON THE SURGICAL PRACTICE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S 
HOSPITAL./*/ /Longman, Brown, Green et al, London. 1846. 1st edition, 
bound in original dark blue cloth blocked in blind, 8vo, pp. xii, 312.

The author's only published book, and very scarce, WorldCat recording 
only three institutional holdings worldwide. His only other publication 
(which can now be traced) was a 48 page article, or pamphlet, entitled 
"On the Sanatory [sic] Condition of Oxford", published in 1848 by T. 
Combe of Oxford.

William Piers Ormerod (1818-1860) was a fellow of the Royal College of 
Surgeons and, prior to publication, house-surgeon of London's St. 
Bartholomew's Hospital. These collections and observations were made 
during the author's surgical practice at St. Bartholomew from 1835 to 
1844. The first fourteen chapters relate to various subjects, primarily 
of a surgical or anatomical nature. The last six chapters contain the 
substance of an essay on the comparative merits of mercury and iodine in 
the treatment of syphilis (for which the author won the Jacksonian Prize 
of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1842). It should be noted that, at 
the time of publication, St. Bartholomew's gave over nine wards devoted 
exclusively to the treatment of venereal diseases so the author had 
ample opportunity to treat, experiment upon, and observe patients 
suffering from these afflications.

Our copy is in the original binding, now bumped at the board edges, with 
some rubbing to the extremities. Old ink inscription on front free 
endpaper. Early reinforcement to hinges. Contents show typical foxing, 
but quite limited in extent. Otherwise, the book is clean, tight, and in 
good, to good plus, condition.

Price: $500.00.

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overseas. Returnable within seven days of receipt if not as described.

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