Author:	MacCallum, W. G.	Request a photo of this book
Title:	Willialm Stewart Halsted
Description:	Published by: John Hopkins Press, Maryland, 1931 Book Condition: VG Jacket Condition: No Jacket Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Binding: Hard Cover Notes: Credited for being the first professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, developing operative techniques based on minimum injury of tissues, anesthesia by the injection of cocaine into the nerves, a method of operating for cancer of the breast and for hernia, experimental work on the thyroid, and the introduction of the use of rubber gloves in the surgical theatre. 246 pgs., illustrated, blue cloth boards are lightly bumped and rubbed, owner name and date ffep, internally clean with sound binding. Keywords:  Medical, Biography, surgeon
Item No:	14824
Price:	$75.00
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