A dictionary of practical surgery : comprehending all the most interesting improvements, from the earliest times down to the present period; an account of the instruments and remedies employed in surgery; the etymology and signification of the principal terms; and numerous references to ancient and modern works, forming a "catalogue raisonne" of surgical literature
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Cooper's DictionaryDescription
2 volumes in 1 - vol. 2 begins after p. 489From the 6th London edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged
At head of title: Harper's stereotype edition, uniform with Hooper's Medical dictionary
"With numerous notes and additions, embracing all the principal improvements and greater operations introduced and performed by American surgeons. By David Meredith Reese"