Cases of Orthopedic Surgery Read Before the Massachusetts Medical Society ....

Boston: D Clapp, 1868. First Edition.. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt stamping.. Very good with some wear to the margins of the binding; small inst. stamp on the title; old gum label on the spine.. 8vo, [5], 6 - 24, [4] pp. + 8 mounted photographic plates inserted.

Brown was the first American physician and surgeon to limit his practice to orthopedics. He graduated from Harvard and then spent two years in Europe at the side of the continent's leading orthopedic surgeons. Kelly & Burrage cite his skill in achieving results not often seen in alleviating club-foot. This is also among the earliest medical books issued in America with photographic illustrations. There is a presentation from Brown on the front free endpaper. Le Vay, History, p. 380; Kelly & Burrage, p. 153; Burns #1223.