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1877ref. 1752Frankfurt: C Winter 1877. First Edition. contemp. paste paper bds. A good copy; ownership stamp on title; spine worn. 4to. There are 8 color and tinted litho. plates. Lieberkuhn was a student of the famous Johannes Muller. The book offered here is a study of the deposition of bone matter in the skeletons of young animals in order to gain some information about the mechanism and manner of human bone growth. The author's monograph also provides an exceptional overview of the literature of the subject. Hirsch III 779. C Winter unknown books
1863ref. 5925New York: Bailliere Brothers 1863. First Edition. Original printed wrappers. A very good copy. 8vo. There are text illus. The text of a lecture given before the New York State Medical Society. The first description of Taylor's apparatus - a steel brace used to support the spinal column. Rutkow II ORp94. Bailliere Brothers unknown books
1862ref. 2623Paris: Bureau du Bulletin General de Therapeutique 1862. With numerous text illustrations of prosthetic devices. Original printed wrappers uncut and unopened. First printing apparently for purposes of handing out at a conference of orthopedic surgeons. This work contains fourteen short articles by famous physicians including presentations of new devices used for massage artificial limbs feet in an article by Duchenne de Boulogne legs and other amputated body parts. With absolutely wonderful illustrations this work is a medically-substantive journal which appears similar to a company's merchandise catalogue. Bureau du Bulletin General de Therapeutique unknown books