The chirurgical works of Percivall Pott, F.R.S. Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Percivall Pott

T. Lowndes, J. Johnson, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, T. Evans, W. Fox, J. Bew, and S. Hayes, 1799.

3 volume set. New edition.Bound in contemporary smooth leather.  Wear, library markings, crude conservation. Library book plate of Washington University Medical School.  Scattered soiling throughout. Color plate illustrations, fold out plates.

Pott was a founder of the orthopedic field, as well as the first doctor to link environmental causes and cancer (Chimney Sweepers' Carcinoma). Pott's discoveries encouraged legislation in the form of the Chimney Sweepers' Acts, designed to protect young boys from the carcinoma.  Pott was one of the most famous physicians in 18th century England.

Subjects: History of Medicine, 18th Cent.Surgical Procedures, Operative.Surgery.   (First published 1775, 1783, and again in 1790).