Dupuytren, Clinical Lectures on Surgery, 1833, First English edition

Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at Hotel Dieu, in 1832, by Baron Dupuytren. Published by an Association of Physicians. Translated from the French, by A. Sidney Doane, A. M., M. D. Philadelphia, 1833. 
 
Octavo volume bound in 20th century quarter calf with dark blue leather spine and blue marbled boards. Red title plate on spine. New end papers. Ink and perforating library stamps on title page. Mild foxing, otherwise clean, bright, and tight throughout. Though rebound, margins are retained. Early 19th century marginal note (“classic description of tetanus”) on page 192. A very good ex library rebound copy.  See Garrison Morton 2247 and 5590. 
 
Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835). He was "the most oustanding general surgeon in France in the early nineteenth century...whose work on surgical treatment of aneurysm was outstanding...and also wrote an exhaustive work on war wounds." (Singer, 184/5).
 
"Dupuytren played a part in the development of orthopaedics, though his interests were much wider. A certain type of fracture of the fibula and a contracture of the fascia of the palm of the hand still bear his name. He was the first to treat wry-neck by division of the sternomastoid muscle" (Singer p 658).
 
"Dupuytren was born in poverty and died a millionaire. He became the best surgeon of his time in France. He was a “shrewd diagnostician, an operator of unrivaled aplomb, a wonderful clinical teacher, and a good experimental physiologist and pathologist” (Garrison); his greatest contributions were in the field of surgical pathology. Vol. 1, p. 424 contains Dupuytren's classification of burns. English translation by A. S. Doane, Boston, 1833." (G-M 2247/5590).