Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 244

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
MITCHELL, SILAS WEIR. Injuries of Nerves and their Consequences. 8vo, original cloth, spine faded, ends chipped; owner's signature on title; cloth slipcase. Philadelphia, 1872

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first edition, BAL binding A. "Mitchell's definitive monograph on nerve injuries . . . contained the first description of ascending neuritis, and of the treatment of neuritis by cold and splint rests. Mitchell introduced the term 'phantom limb' to describe the curious 'ghost' limbs felt by amputees"--Norman 1520. BAL 14075; Garrison-Morton 4544; Heirs of Hippocrates 1956.