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SHARP, Samuel. A Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery.
London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1754. Third edition. 8vo., recently rebound in full brown calf, raised bands, leather spine label (viii), 314, (6)pp. ‘postscript.' Rubberstamp on the e/paper and the last page of text, names on the title-page, title-page is browned and loose at the hinge, some scattered foxing but certainly a very good copy in a very nice binding.
Samuel Sharp [1709-1778] English surgeon and author. His Treatise on the Operation of Surgery (1739) was the first British study to focus solely on surgical technique. In 1749 Sharp was elected to the Paris Royal Society, having revisited that city then. It seems likely that the above title was the result of that visit. ‘Sharp was a thoroughly informed surgeon, well read, observant, judicious, a lover of simplicity...This book, written clearly and in good English contains thirteen short chapters upon hernia, lithotomy, amputations, concussion of the brain, tumours of the gall-bladder, extirpation of the tonsils, hydrocele, and a few other matters.' (DNB).