THE LANCET. A Journal of British and Foreign Medical and Chemical Science, Criticism, Literature and News. In Two Volumes Annually.

London, printed for the editor and published by John Churchill, 1846.. 2 volumes for 1846. THE ANAESTHETIC PROPERTIES OF ETHER. 4to, approximately 280 x 195 mm, 11 x 7½ inches, illustrations and diagrams in the text, pages: (2), 726; (2), 714, both volumes with index at rear, bound in original publisher's dark green diamond grain blind stamped cloth, gilt lettered spine. Spines very slightly faded, gilt bright, armorial bookplate on front pastedown, light spotting to endpapers and to title page of Volume 2, occasional small red ink stamp of the Lancet Newspaper to lower corners, occasional very light browning, pale foxing and creasing. A very good set in the original publisher's cloth. IN VOLUME 2 DECEMBER 26 THERE IS A BRIEF MENTION OF THE DISCOVERY BY SURGEONS IN BOSTON USA OF THE ANAESTHETIC PROPERTIES OF ETHER. The first mention in the English press was a week earlier in the London Medical Gazette of December 18th. The two are evidently based on the same source, and are statements only, rather than full accounts. Other topics: Punishment by Flogging, The Medical History of the late Frederick J. White; Hussars; Military Flogging and its Effects on the Blood; The Frauds of Mesmerism; Commentary on the Hindoo System of Medicine; Duty of the Profession to Exterminate Quackery; The Royal Society, and Anatomy of the Duck-Billed Platypus, etc., etc. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. A heavy set which may require extra postage.