The palmar fascia. pp. 107-224 trans. w/notes, of previous literature. Inscrib. to E. Kaplan

London: Churchill Livingstone, 1973. Stack, H. Graham (1915-92). The palmar fascia. vii, 236pp. Text illustrations. Edinburgh and London: Churchill Livingstone, 1973. 248 x 187 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (spine faded). Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Stack to hand surgeon Emmanuel Kaplan (1894-1980) on the front free endpaper: “To Emanuel Kaplan / who, after all, inspired it all / with kind regards / Graham Stack / October 1973.” First Edition. The first comprehensive examination of the surgical treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture, “based on an anatomical study with a strong surgical viewpoint, which reproduces all the known observations and explains the relationship of the various structures to each other” (Author’s preface, p. v). Appendix I, pp. 107-224, includes the text (in English translation where necessary) of previous classic works on Dupuytren’s contracture, beginning in the 18th century; there is also a comprehensive historical bibliography. Stack presented this copy to Emanuel Kaplan, a pioneering hand surgeon and author of Functional and Surgical Anatomy of the Hand (1953). Garrison-Morton.com 7433. .