Author: BLAND-SUTTON, JOHN SIR (1855-1936)
Title: On faith and science in surgery
Description: London : W. Heinemann ltd. 1930. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.by Sir John Bland-Sutton. Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with its bookplate and minor library marks; includes a presentation bookplate from the Birmingham Medical Institute. being presented by Sir John Bland-Sutton. Physical description; xii. 109 pages. 1 unnumbered page including frontispiece. illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; 'Addresses delivered during the Quinquenniad (1925-30). in various cities. re-edited'-Pref. Several chapters include bibliographies. Contents; Faith in ligatures.--Faith in drugs.--Food and physic.--Psychology of conjoined twins.--Psychology of animals swallowed alive.--Hydrocephalus.--Parasitic origin of man.--The conquest of sepsis.--Avian tuberculosis.--The blood trail. Subjects; General Surgery. Surgery - History. History of medicine. Folklore. Anecdotes. Medicine. Addresses. Genres; Bibliography. Essays. Illustrated. Weight in Kg appr.:

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