Lot 239
Yonge, James
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
£300
Description
Currus triumphalis, è Terebinthô. Or an account of the many admirable vertues of Oleum Terebinthinae... and lastly, a new way of amputation. London: J. Martyn, 1679. First edition, 8vo, [24], 120, eighteenth century calf, rebacked, faint RCSI library stamp to title, signature of Thomas Molyneaux [of Dublin] on B1, [ESTC R38786; Wing Y39]
Footnote
Note: Suggests the use of oil of turpentine to arrest hemorrhage, and describes for the first time the use of a flap of tissue in amputations.