POORE, G[eorge] V[ivian]

Lectures on the Physical Examination of the Mouth and Throat. With an appendix of cases.

London: Printed by J.E. Adlard… 1881

8vo, 3 leaves, pp. 73, (1). First 3 leaves loose at foot. Original red cloth (a little faded and slightly soiled, ends of spine worn). Lord Lister’s copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper “Professor Lister FRS With the Author’s Compliments”.

FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, having been published in The Lancet the year before. Poore started the specialist throat department at University College Hospital in London, in 1876, although he had no specialist instruments and was not a specialist ENT surgeon.

£120.00

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