The Half-Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: by Ranking, W.H. & Radcliffe, C.B. (Editors):

Being A Practical and Analytical Digest of the Contents of the Principal British and Continental Medical Works Published in the Preceding Six Months; Together With a Series of Critical Reports on the Progress of Medicine and The Collateral Sciences During the Same Period. Vol XVIII. July - December 1853. xii, 387 pp. Part I - Medicine, Part II - Surgery, Part III - Midwifery and Diseases of Women and Children, Reports on the Progress of the Medical Sciences. Text clean throughout. Rear hinge cracked - last two pages loosening. Ads on front eps. Edges untrimmed. Previous owner's inscription on title page. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards somewhat grubby. Overall condition VG- to VG.