first edition cloth binding
1909 · New York
by Bushe, George
New York: French & Adlard, 1909. First edition.
1837 "THE ABLEST WORK ON THE SUBJECT IN ANY LANGUAGE"--COPY OF PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK SURGEON.
9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, early blindstamped green cloth binding, autograph paper label to spine, circular paper library label bottom spine, signature of Dr. Willard Parker top of free front endpaper, embossed stamp of Cincinnati Hospital Library top of title page, 299 pp, printer's device verso p 299 (James Van Norden, 43 Pine Street, New York). Spine ends and corners worn, light foxing to endpapers, age toning to pages that are crisp and unmarked. Very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. Plate volume provided in facsimile in 8 1/2 x 11 inch folder with clear covers (reproduced from copy at National Library of Medicine).
GEORGE MACARTNEY BUSHE (1793? - 1837) received his medical training in Dublin, and in 1828 assumed the chair of the Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey. After the College closed in 1830, Bushe turned from anatomy and physiology to surgery, specializing in disorders of the rectum and anus. Bushe died in 1837, the year of publication of his magnum opus, Treatise on the Malformations, Injuries, and Diseasess of the Rectum. It reflects his own experiences as well as knowledge gained from his vast library, including the best ideas of proctology from European sources. The eminent Howard Kelly of Johns Hopkins Medical School described Bushe's Treatise as "long considerred the ablest work on the subject in any language". -- Leon Banov, George Bushe, Author of the First American Book on Proctology, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Vol. 16, pp 553-560 (1973).
PROVENANCE: DR. WILLARD PARKER (1800 – 1884) was a surgeon of the United States, for many years a professor at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons and other schools. He taught in district schools to obtain the means to enter Harvard College, where he graduated in 1826. He became the private pupil of John C. Warren, the professor of surgery at Harvard, and attended medical lectures in Boston. He received the degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1830. He was at once appointed professor of anatomy in Vermont Medical College, and in the same year accepted the chair of anatomy in the Berkshire Medical College, and in 1833 also that of surgery. In 1836 he was appointed professor of surgery in the Cincinnati Medical College, and afterward spent some time in the hospitals of Paris and London. In 1839 he became professor of surgery in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, which post he resigned after a service of 30 years. The operation of cystotomy for the relief of chronic cystitis, and also that for the cure of abscess of the appendix, are among his contributions to the art of surgery. (Inventory #: 1584)
1837 "THE ABLEST WORK ON THE SUBJECT IN ANY LANGUAGE"--COPY OF PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY NEW YORK SURGEON.
9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, early blindstamped green cloth binding, autograph paper label to spine, circular paper library label bottom spine, signature of Dr. Willard Parker top of free front endpaper, embossed stamp of Cincinnati Hospital Library top of title page, 299 pp, printer's device verso p 299 (James Van Norden, 43 Pine Street, New York). Spine ends and corners worn, light foxing to endpapers, age toning to pages that are crisp and unmarked. Very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. Plate volume provided in facsimile in 8 1/2 x 11 inch folder with clear covers (reproduced from copy at National Library of Medicine).
GEORGE MACARTNEY BUSHE (1793? - 1837) received his medical training in Dublin, and in 1828 assumed the chair of the Rutgers Medical School in New Jersey. After the College closed in 1830, Bushe turned from anatomy and physiology to surgery, specializing in disorders of the rectum and anus. Bushe died in 1837, the year of publication of his magnum opus, Treatise on the Malformations, Injuries, and Diseasess of the Rectum. It reflects his own experiences as well as knowledge gained from his vast library, including the best ideas of proctology from European sources. The eminent Howard Kelly of Johns Hopkins Medical School described Bushe's Treatise as "long considerred the ablest work on the subject in any language". -- Leon Banov, George Bushe, Author of the First American Book on Proctology, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum Vol. 16, pp 553-560 (1973).
PROVENANCE: DR. WILLARD PARKER (1800 – 1884) was a surgeon of the United States, for many years a professor at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons and other schools. He taught in district schools to obtain the means to enter Harvard College, where he graduated in 1826. He became the private pupil of John C. Warren, the professor of surgery at Harvard, and attended medical lectures in Boston. He received the degree of M.D. from Harvard in 1830. He was at once appointed professor of anatomy in Vermont Medical College, and in the same year accepted the chair of anatomy in the Berkshire Medical College, and in 1833 also that of surgery. In 1836 he was appointed professor of surgery in the Cincinnati Medical College, and afterward spent some time in the hospitals of Paris and London. In 1839 he became professor of surgery in the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, which post he resigned after a service of 30 years. The operation of cystotomy for the relief of chronic cystitis, and also that for the cure of abscess of the appendix, are among his contributions to the art of surgery. (Inventory #: 1584)
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