[MEDICINE] Group of four early American medical works, all uncut in boards of issue.

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[MEDICINE]
Group of four early American medical works, all uncut in boards of issue. Comprises ATKENS, DUDLEY, M.D. Medical and Surgical cases and Observations with plates... New York: Peter Hill, 1834. First edition. Publisher's boards with pale blue printed label. 8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14 cm); 127, [1] pp., two plates with explanatory leaves; DEWEES, WILLIAM P.[OTTS]. An Essay on the Means of Lessening Pain, and Facilitating Certain Cases of Difficult Parturition. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson and Son, 1819. Second and much enlarged edition (first published in 1806 as the author's inaugural dissertation for M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania). Publisher's boards. 9 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14 cm); 156 pp.; BELL, CHARLES. Engravings of the Arteries; illustrating the second volumes of the Anatomy of the Human Body... A. Finley: Philadelphia, 1812. Publisher's calf-backed boards. 10 x 6 inches (26 x 15 cm); 71, [1] pp., 10 plates (all but the first folding plate hand-colored). Tear without loss to the folding plate; and JACKSON, JAMES, JR. Cases of Cholera collected at Paris, in the month of April, 1832, in the Wards of Mm. Andral and Louis. at the Hospital La Pitié. Boston: Carter, Hendee, and Co., 1832. First edition. Publisher's boards with violet cloth spine, printed label. 9 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (24.5 x 15 cm); viii, 212 pp. Generally very attractive copies in the issue bindings; a few minor defects internally. A few early ownership notations.

C Property of a Massachusetts Gentleman
Estimate $400-600

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