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BUCK, GURDON. Contributions to Reparative Surgery. 86 wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's 32-page catalogue at end dated 1876. 8vo, original cloth, horizontal crack across backstrip, spine ends chipped, rear joint cracked at top and bottom, bottom portion of covers discolored (more severely on rear cover); light dampstaining in lower margins throughout. New York, 1876
first edition of the first American book devoted entirely to reconstructive surgery, with illustrations after pre- and post-operative photographs taken by Buck. Burns, Early Medical Photography in America, page 1936; Garrison-Morton 5754.1; Rutkow GS83 ("scarce volume").
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