April 12, 2024
1858 Leather Medical Anatomy Book Pre Civil War Medicine Surgery Skeleton Artery
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A SystemOfHuman AnatomyGeneral And Specialby Erasmus Wilson Published by Blanchard and Lea in 1858 Hard back book in leather covers.Measuring 9.5 x 6 inches and containing 616 pages + 32 pages publishers ads.Very Good condition.Solid in binding. Stong hinges.Clean white pages.Heavily illustrated with 397 fine anatomical engravings. Please enjoy the pictures and email if you have any questions. About Erasmus Wilson SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS WILSON, generally known as Sir Erasmus Wilson (1809-1884), British surgeon and philanthropist, was born in London on the 25th of November 1809, studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, and at Aberdeen, and early in life became known as a skilful operator and dissector. It was his sympathy with the poor of London and a suggestion from Thomas Wakley of the Lancet, of which Wilson acted for a time as sub-editor, which first led him to take up skin diseases as a special study. The horrible cases of scrofula, anaemia and blood-poisoning which he saw made him set to work to alleviate the sufferings of persons so afflicted, and he quickly established a reputation for treating this class of patient. It was said that he cured the rich by ordering them to give up luxuries; the poor, by prescribing for them proper nourishment, which was often provided out of his own pocket. In the opinion of one of
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