Accidents: Popular directions for their immediate treatment; with observations on poisons and their antidotes
Publisher Information: New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845.
Rivers, Henry Wheaton (1814-67). Accidents: Popular directions for their immediate treatment; with observations on poisons and their antidotes. 108pp. Text illustrations. New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845. 191 x 118 mm. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine (faded, extremities chipped). Title-leaf repaired at inner margin, occasional spotting but very good. Ownership signature and stamps on front and rear endpapers.
First Edition of what appears to be the first handbook of emergency medicine by an American author published in the United States. Rivers was surgeon to the United States Marine Hospital in Providence, R.I. Garrison-Morton.com 11698.
Book Id: 45341Price: $450.00