The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion, Vol. I, Part II - Medical History, Being the Second Medical Volume
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto, 12 x 9.5 inches, original green cloth, good to very good, binding with small stains and some edge and corner wear, light wear to bottom of spine and along the outer joints, light strengthening to front inner hinge, rear inner hinge slightly weak and showing some light separation, contents very good, some tanning. 869 pp, illustrated including 17 original mounted photoplates, plus chromolithographs, lithographs and heliogravures. This volume dedicated to treatment of the Alvine Fluxes (bowel movements, dysentery and diarrhea particularly), not the sexiest subject, but the presence of multiple original photographs rather makes up for that. Good. Item #H26176
Price: $200.00