History of Bladder Stone by Harold Ellis ISBN 13: 9780632061402

Oxford/Edinburgh, Blackwell Scientific Publications 1969. 77 p. Hardcover with dustjacket (In goood condition.0

Blackwell Science Ltd, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1969 first edition hardback in very good condition. Previous owner's inscription on inside cover. Slight dust spotting to page edges. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The boards have just light shelf wear. In its original, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing to edges, now in a protective sleeve. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, first edition, 1969. Quarter-cloth and patterned boards, 8vo, 23 cm,. x, 77 pp, plates. The story of bladder stone is among he longest in medical history, since this condition was the first to be treated by an elective surgical procedure. Not only is the story long, but it is also a fascinating document which records, on the one hand, the stoicism of the patients who, over many hundreds of years, submitted themselves to the agony of surgery in order to escape the tortures of the stone and, on the other hand, the quite amazing ingenuity, resourcefulness and courage of the surgeons who developed and perfected the techniques of cutting for the stone or removing its crushed fragments per viam naturae. Surprisingly enough. No-one has set down this story in book form. This short work, which represents the collected notes of an amateur medical historian, is offered as a tribute to the surgeons of the past and as a memorial to their patients." - from the blurb. Very Good… Read More

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1969. 1969 Ellis, Harold A HISTORY OF BLADDER STONE Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, c1969 77pp, index, illus b/w photos, drawings 8vo Inscribed by the author on first epage As new hardcover copy in fine d/j.