An Inaugural Dissertation on Compression of the Brain from Concussion

by John B. Hicks

$1,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

New York: Swords, 1793. 8vo. 47 pp. FIRST EDITION. Later cloth-backed boards. Uncut. Authorial manuscript corrections throughout. Presentation inscription from the author. Some foxing, small hole on title. Item #18903 First edition of this ambitious doctoral thesis on phlebotomy to treat concussion. Going against medical canon, the author asserts that concussions and brain compression

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