A dictionary of practical surgery

Comprehending all the most interesting improvements, from the earliest times down to the present period; an account of the instruments, remedies, and applications employed in surgery; the etymology and signification of the principal terms; and numerous references to ancient and modern works, forming together a "catalogue raisonnée" of surgical literature

By Samuel Cooper, surgeon to the king's bench, the Bloomsbury dispensary, and his Majesty's prison to the Fleet, member of the council of Royal College of Surgeon in Londons, surgeon to the forces, honorary member of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Catania, of the Medical and Chirugical Society of London; the Medical Society of Marseilles, &c. With numerous notes and additions embracing all the principal improvements and greater operations introduced and performed by American surgeons. By David Meredith Reese, M. D., licentiate in surgery and midwifery; honorary member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, and of the Medical Society of New York; practioner of physic and surgery in the Cty of New York, &c.