Clinical Lectures on Some Obscure Diseases of the Abdomen.
by Fenwick, Samuel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Churchill; London; 1889., 1889 First edition. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches, 252 pp., index, 10 figures, publisher's catalog in rear. Gutter cracked in middle of book --- fragile, but still holding by bottom binding cord; else good plus. Scarce. Contents: On Perforation of the Appendix Vermiformis Caeci; Stricture of the Ileo-caecal Valve; Faecal Abscess; On Faecal Abscesses Connected with the Small Intestines; On Perinephritic Abscess; On Gastric and Perigastric Abscesses; Tubercular Peritonitis in the Adult; Cancer of the Peritoneum; Hydatids of the Peritoneum. (In "Stricture of the Ileo-caecal Valve", Fenwick may have been describing Crohn's Disease. Kirsner JB. Historical origins of current IBD concepts. World J Gastroentero, 2001;7:175) (3214026). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2984
- Title
- Clinical Lectures on Some Obscure Diseases of the Abdomen.
- Author
- Fenwick, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Churchill; London; 1889.
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- MEDICINE, HISTORY, ABDOMEN, APPENDIX, APPENDICITIS, PERFORATION, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, CROHN'S ABSCESS, ABSCESSES, STOMACH, TUBERCULOSIS, PERITONITIS, CANCER, HYDATID CYSTS SCIENCE
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- Science;
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