On an operation for the cure of natural fissure of the soft palate; in Amer. J. med. Sci., 3, 1-3

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828. Whole volume, xvi, 496pp. 1 pll. 130 x 215 mm. Quarter-calf with marbled paper boards and gilt lettering on the spine. Paper boards feature Spine is slightly faded. Some foxing throughout, otherwise a very good copy.
Operation in May 1824 - the first staphylorraphy (cleft-palate surgery) in America - performed without direct knowledge of Roux's operations. Nathan Smith (1762-1829) published an earlier paper on staphylorraphy in America: Am. med. Rev., 1826, 3, 396. Garrison-Morton.com No. 5742.