Description: The Use of the Laryngoscope in Diseases of the Throat. With an Appendix on Rhinoscopy. By Morell Mackenzie, M.D., Lond., M.R.C.P., Physician to the Dispensary for Diseases of the Throat; Corresponding Member of the Imperial-Royal Society of Physicians in Vienna, Etc. Etc. Etc. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1865, half-leather, marbled boards, as is, 154 pp, 8.5 x 5.5”, 8vo. In poor condition, as is. Front board detached from spine. Front end-page to 66 pp is un-bound, loose pages. 67 pp to the end is held together only by cording, very fragile. Ex-library stamps on copyright page and dedication page: The Free Library of Philadelphia. Instances of marginalia. Some light finger soiling present. A complete work, all pages present. Perfect candidate for restoration. Original boards are in fair condition, some scuffing to leather corners and marbled edges. Spine is chipping. Please see photos. Sir Morell Mackenzie (1837-1892) was a British physician, one of the pioneers of laryngology in the United Kingdom. Mackenzie was the first to use the terms abductors and adductors to describe the muscles that govern the opening and closing of the glottis. He then devoted himself the becoming a specialist in diseases of the throat. Mackenzie was censured by the Royal College of Surgeons in 1888 after publishing The Fatal Illness of Frederick the Noble, which was in retaliation to German doctors questioning his medical judgement when treating the king’s throat cancer. FORN-MSB-0623-0716-HK222
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Morell Mackenzie
Publisher: Robert Hardwicke
Topic: Medicine
Subject: Science & Medicine
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