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POTT, PERCIVAL. Chirurgical Observations relative to The Cataract, The Polypus of the Nose, The Cancer of the Scrotum, The Different Kinds of Ruptures,and The Mortification of the Toes and Feet. [4], xi, [1], 208 pages, including half-title * An Account of the Method of obtaining a Perfect or Radical Cure of the Hydrocele, or Watry Rupture, By Means of a Seton. 2 engraved plates. [2], 42 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked; some foxing on opening leaves of first work, F2.3 and second plate loose in second work. London: T. J. Carnegy for L. Hawes et al., 1775; L. Hawes et al., 1771
first editions. The first work contains the first description of an occupational cancer (chimney-sweeps' cancer of the scrotum). Garrison-Morton 2122 (also 2609, 4165) and 4164.
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