The Dissector's Manual

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  • Philadelphia, PA: Henry C. Lea's & Son, 1883
By Bruce-Clarke, William; Charles Barrett Lockwood
Philadelphia, PA: Henry C. Lea's & Son, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. William Bruce Clarke was educated at Brighton and Windlesham. He entered Harrow, where Henry Montague Butler was head master, in September, 1864, being in "Small Houses and Mr Middlemist's". He left at midsummer, 1869, and matriculated from Pembroke College, Oxford, on Oct 25th, 1869. He obtained 1st class biological honours in the Natural Science School in Trinity Term, 1873, but put off taking his BA degree until the following year. From 1889 he lectured on anatomy, and resigned the post in 1903 when he was appointed Lecturer on Surgery. For some years he acted jointly with W Harrison Cripps (qv) as Surgeon to 'Martha' ward, where he was responsible for ovariotomy and other abdominal operations which were not then undertaken by the physicians-accoucheur.
Charles Barrett Lockwood (23 September 1856 – 8 November 1914) was a British surgeon and anatomist who practiced surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. Lockwood was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, a pioneer of aseptic principles at St. Bartholomew's. Very scarce volume for medical students of anatomy and surgery. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning and spotting, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red and black cloth, stamped title, red edging. 8vo. viii, 390pp. Illus. (b/w plate, one folding plate, 49 engr.).

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