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COOPER, Samuel. The First Lines of the Surgery: Being An Elementary Work For Students and a Concise Book of Reference for Practitioners. Part I. General Surgical Subjects. Part II. Particular Surgical Subjects.
Philadelphia: Printed for F. Nichols by Thomas and George Palmer, 1808. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in full brown panelled calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label (after the period), xx, (1)-474pp. With nine plates. Some scattered foxing including to the plates but still a near fine copy of this scarce first edition.
Samuel Cooper [1780-1848] English surgeon. Cooper was a surgeon on the field at Waterloo, and was later appointed to the chair of surgery at University College, London. ‘The present work was one of his most popular, going through seven editions in London and four in the United States, of which this is the first. Written for both student and practitioner, the book is arranged in two parts, treating general subjects such as inflammation, fever, erysipelas, hemorrhage, wounds, fractures, and dislocations in the first part and specific subjects such as head injuries, eye diseases, hernia, and amputation in the second.' (Heirs of Hippocrates). Austin 530; Heirs of Hippocrates 1357; Waller 2121; Wellcome II p.388 (citing the London edition, 1807).