Chirurgischer Atlas. Erste Abtheilung. Gehirn und Umhüllung. Vol. 1 only.
Publisher Information: Tübingen: H. Laupp, 1853-54.
Bruns, Victor von (1812-83). Chirurgischer Atlas. Bildliche Darstellung der chirurgischen Krankheiten und der zu ihrer Heilung erforderlichen Instrumente, Bandagen und Operationen. Erste Abtheilung. Large folio. [2]pp.; 15 lithographed plates (one colored) with separate printed keys printed on smaller sheets. Tübingen: H. Laupp’schen Buchhandlung, 1853-54. 502 x 383 mm. Marbled boards ca. 1854, corners a bit worn and bumped, spine a little soiled. Hand-lettered paper label on front cover, original printed front wrapper bound in. Minor foxing and soiling but very good. Small library stamp on title.
First Edition of the first part of Bruns’ surgical atlas, focusing on diseases of the brain and skull; a second part, published in 1857-1860, was devoted to the mouth and its organs. The 15 plates in the present volume illustrate tumors and other pathological conditions of the skull, scalp and brain, including congenital skull fracture, hydrocephalus, brain injuries, necrosis, aneurism, etc.; the final two plates depict the instruments and techniques used in trepanation. Bruns, a professor of surgery at the University of Tübingen, was a leading authority in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery.
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