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GARRETSON, JAMES EDMUND. A Treatise on the Diseases and Surgery of the Mouth and Jaws. 8 plates and 8 full-page illustrations numbered as plates; 120 text illustrations. [3]-700, [4] pages, including 2 leaves of publisher's ads at end; lacks half-title. 8vo, 215x142 mm, original cloth, rebacked with leather an an early date with endpapers renewed, top of front joint chipped, front cover faded and partly discolored; light dampstaining in lower margins, occasional faint offsetting from illustrations, scattered interlinear pencil notes in Spanish. Stamps of Drs. Rafael S. Sevilla, "Dentista . . . Toluca," dated 1891, and G. A. Burrell, "Dentista Americano," dated 1901. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1869
scarce first edition of Garretson's chief work. "Garretson is recognized as the originator of oral surgery as a specialty and as the most skillful practitioner of that art in his day. He led the trend in performing oral surgery to avoid external incisions if possible. This process resulted in less facial scarring and required complex operations restricted to the inside of the mouth . . . Garretson's textbook was the standard work in the field of oral surgery for many years" (ANB). Hoffmann-Axthelm, page 344; Rutkow GS67.1; no copy has ever been listed in American Book Prices Current.
