A Discourse of the vvhole art of chyrurgery. Wherein is exactly set down the definitions causes, accidents, prognostications and cures of all sorts of diseases, both in generall and particular, which at any time heretofore have been practiced by an chyrurgion according to the opinion of all the ancient professors of that science ... Compiled by Peter Lovve Scottishman, doctor in the faculty of chyrurgerie at Paris, and ordinary chyrurgion to the French king and Navarre. Hereunto is added the rule of making remedies which chyrurgions doe commonly use, with the presages of divine Hippocrates.
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| Alternative Title: | A Discourse of the whole art of chyrurgery |
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| Other Associated Names: | , |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne,
1654.
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| Edition: | The Fourth edition; corrected, and much amended. |
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| Collection: | Stearne |
| Item Description: | Illustrations include: 'Instrumentts for a little case'; 'instruments, and cauters actuals, for extirpation'; 'legges of wood'; 'tenals incisiues, to cut off fingers and toes'; 'instruments to cauterize and open the ranula vnder the tongue'; 'instruments to cut and knitt the fistula in the fundament'; 'instruments to drawe bullets, arrows, and other strange things, from wounds'; 'portraiture of a drie suture'; 'a trepan, with other instruments for the head'; 'portraiture of the bones'. Printed marginalia. No annotations. |
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| Physical Description: | ill. ; 4to |
| Published References: | Wing L. 3306. |
| Provenance Note: | Bookplate of Bishop Stearne pasted onto front pastedown. 'Mar: Ussher' written on title page. |
| Binding Note: | Goat/ sheep. Double fillet lines in blind around edges of boards and parallel to spine. Rebacked. Spine has four bands and each band has a double fillet line above and below. Title is gold tooled in second compartment. |
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