Item #16282 Contributions to Reparative Surgery. Gurdon Buck.
Contributions to Reparative Surgery....
Contributions to Reparative Surgery....

Contributions to Reparative Surgery....

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1876. 1st Edition. Item #16282

A lovely 1st Edition copy of the first American textbook on plastic surgery.

"Buck (May 4, 1807 – March 6, 1877) was a pioneering military plastic surgeon during the Civil War. He is known for being the first doctor to incorporate pre- and post-operative photographs into his publications. Buck's fascia and Buck's extension are both named after him.

"Buck graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1830 and interned at New York Hospital. He also studied in Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He was appointed visiting surgeon to the New York Hospital in 1837 which he held the rest of his life. He was also appointed to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

"In 1845, Buck took the first clinical photograph and used an engraving of it in "The Knee Joint Anchylosed at a Right Angle". This was the first known published illustration of a medical photograph.

"Dr. Buck was a founding fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine in 1847." - Wiki

237pp + 32 pages of ads. Green cloth with titling stamped in gilt to spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior, save for previous ownership information to front pastedown. Dozens of black and white in-text engravings of plastic surgery procedure documentation.

Mild rubbing and edge wear, including some light fraying to spine ends and corners.

Overall a desirable 1st Edition copy of an important and very scarce 19th-century medical text.

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