Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 255

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. Collected Publications from the Laboratory of Surgical Research [spine title]. Group of 5 bound volumes containing over 250 offprints. Large 8vo, contemporary buckram, somewhat worn, Volume 1 front joint split; contents clean. complete list available on request. [Cambridge, 1912-44]

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Founded by Harvey Cushing in 1912 to further clinical surgical research using animal models, the Laboratory produced numerous advances and innovations in areas such as transfusion, transplantation, cardiac surgery, and burn treatment before its closing in 1994. See http://harvardmedicine.hms.harvard.edu/history/places/jointventures.php.