Answers to the various objections against acupressure... Pres. copy

Simpson, James Young (1811-70). (1) Answers to the various objections against acupressure of the temporary metallic compression of arteries . . . 34pp. N.p., n.d. [1865]. 209 x 135 mm. Disbound. Minor dust-soiling, first and last leaves coming loose. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Simpson on the first leaf: "With the Author's compliments." (2) Simpson. Comparison of the ligature and acupressure as haemostatic agents: Tabulated contrast between them. Bifolium. 4pp. N.p., n.d. [1864]. Disbound. 209 x 135 mm. Some foxing, left margin frayed. Together 2 items. Good to very good.

First Separate Edition of no. 1; First Edition of no. 2. The first work is an expanded separate printing of chapters XV and XVI from Simpson's Acupressure (1864). From the author's "Prefatory Note": "The following two chapters were originally written in answer to the chief objections urged against Acupressure by various surgical authorities. They are reprinted in the present form merely in self-defense against the reiteration of some of these objections . . ." (p. 2). The accompanying leaflet presents a tabulated comparison of the benefits of acupressure versus arterial ligation.