Surgical tracts
By: by the late J.O. Justamond.  Consisting of I. Outlines of the history of surgery, from the earliest antiquity of the art, pointing out the particular improvements, and fixing them where due. II. An essay on inflammation and abscess, with their proper modes of treatment in different parts of the body.  III. A dissertation on the effects of motion and rest, and their application to the purposes of surgery; from the French prize memoir by M. David, with copious additional annotations on the original text.  IV. Observations on counter-strokes, and an account of their various consequences, treatment, &c. from the same.  V. On the methods employed in treating cancerous diseases, including remarks on the cure of indurations of the breast.  The whole collected and interspersed with occasional notes and observations by William Houlston.
Contributors: Houlston, William, surgeon; David, M. 1737-1784.; Birkett, John, 1815-1904 (bookplate)
Publisher: T. Cadell
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Surgery.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

With the bookplate of John Birkett.