Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 172

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
LANDMARK PAPER, INSCRIBED BY HORSLEY GOWERS, WILLIAM RICHARD, Sir; and HORSLEY, VICTOR, Sir. A Case of Tumour of the Spinal Cord. Removal; Recovery. Photographic plate; 5 folding tables. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf, original wrappers bound in. London, 1888

Additional Details

first separate edition, reprinted from Medico-Chirurgical Transactions, Volume 71. "The above paper records the first successful operation for the removal of an extramedullary tumour of the spinal cord"--Garrison-Morton 4860. Front wrapper inscribed by horsley: "To Dr. Bradford with kindest regards VH."