[Manuscript] Lecture notes for a series of by Valentine Mott and C R Gilman

[New York]: not published., 1843 - `45. Unique.. Three quarter calf with marbled bds... A very good copy; some scuffing to the binding.. 4to, appx. 300 pages.

Ephraim Clark attended the 1843 lectures of V Mott. He also attended the lectures of CR Gilman in 1844 and 1845. The volume offered here is appx. 300 pages in length. The Gilman lectures are recorded in shorthand; the Mott lectures in regular script. Each occupies about half the volume. Preceding the lectures are about ten pages of notes for cases introduced by doctors Post, Parker, and Buck. Mott's course of surgical lectures is an ambitious and aggressive approach to medicine and surgery. The cases are complex and Mott, whose opinions and statements are recorded by Clark, is often incorrect in his conclusions and observations; this is especially so when discussing neuro-surgical procedures. A marvelous record by one of the foremost surgeons of the period. Kelly & Burrage, 468 and 880.