1870-83 NEW YORK MEDICAL SOCIETY Antique Book SET 6v. ILLUSTRATED Plates

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Up for auction is a lot of five volumes of the TRANSACTIONS of the MEDICAL SOCIETY of the STATE of NEW YORK , for the years 1870, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1880, and 1883. Various publishers. 429pp; 490pp; 484pp; 479pp; 578pp+85pp+index; 400pp+5pp+index.A dizzying and fascinating array of case studies in the over 2800 pages of material here, with most of the observations collected from New York-area physicians, and with many of the articles containing illustrations with period engravings of individuals with various intractable ailments.Volumes contains a wide range of articles, some of which are:The Endoscope Considered Particularly in Reference to Diseases of the Female Bladder and Urethra (early color illustrations, full-page)A Luxation of the Ulna not Hitherto Described, with a Plan of Reduction and Mode of After Treatment, Including the Management of Colles' Fracture , (four full-page illustrations)Case of Luxation of the Tendons of the Posterior Tibial and Peroneal Muscles of Both Legs, from Stretching or Rupture of the Annular Ligaments, by Descending a Monument with High-Heeled Boots (two full-page illustrations, including one of the bottom half of a petticoated woman in high-heeled boots)A Case of the Fracture of the SkullMalignant Tumors of the AbdomenA Case of Congenital Hypertrophy of the Under Lip... (one full-page illustration) read more

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