Simpson, Dr. James Young
£1,875
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Account of a new anaesthetic agent as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1847. Second issue, 8vo, 23pp., pages 18-23 postscript dated "Edinburgh, 15th November 1847," contemporary ink inscription to head of title [Fulton & Stanton VI 1]; [Idem] Remarks on the superinduction of anaesthesia in natural and morbid parturition. Edinburgh, 1847. 8vo, 24pp., contemporary ink inscription to title [Fulton & Stanton VI 5]; [Idem] Answer to the religious objections advanced against the employment of anaesthetic agents in midwifery and surgery. Edinburgh, 1847. 8vo, 23pp., contemporary ink inscription to title, some spotting and thumb marking [Fulton & Stanton VI ?]; bound with 15 other pamphlets [list available] in a 19th century blue cloth binding