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POTT, PERCIVAL. Observations on the Nature and Consequences of those Injuries to which the Head is Liable from External Violence. 5 (instead of 3) engraved plates. [4], 276 pages. 8vo, modern 1/2 calf gilt; contents toned, with occasional foxing and marginal dampstaining, repaired clean tear across L4.5, small repaired hole in blank portion of plate facing page 154, institutional stamps on title, elsewhere in text, and on verso of plates. London: L. Hawes, W. Clarke, and R. Collins, 1768
Thoroughly revised second edition of Pott's 1760 Observations on the Nature and Consequences of Wounds and Contusions of the Head, in which he first described "Pott's puffy tumor." "This book . . . systematized the treatment of head injuries"--Garrison-Morton 4850.5 note. This copy also has the 2 plates from his Some Few General Remarks on Fractures and Dislocations of the same year. The 2 works were issued both individually and, with a general half-title, together.
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