A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children. Translated and edited by H. Raphael from the fourth German edition.
1870M13979New York:: D. Appleton 1870. 1870. 8vo. xiv 603 1 2 pp. 6 lithographic plates 4 in color index; lightly browned. Original full green blind- and gilt-stamped cloth; extremities and joints mended with kozo. Bookplate and ownership signature on title of James P. Marsh MD.; additional inscription unreadable. Very good. First edition in English. This edition is not as common as it might seem. Also the lithographic plates are altered from the first edition with significant improvement. PROVENANCE: James P. Marsh MD. Troy NY an avid book collector was appointed surgeon in chief of the new 1917 Henry W. Putnam Memorial Hospital Bennington VT. 1n 1985 Dr. Marsh had moved from Troy and opened an office in Green Island Albany County NY. See: Medical Society of the County of Albany NY Albany Medical Annals Volume 7 p. 350 1886; Archives of Electrology and Radiology: Volume 1-2 p. 8 1901. Medical Association of Troy and Vicinity – A regular meeting of the Medical Association of Troy and Vicinity was held Tuesday April 1 1902 when Dr. Marsh reported three cases: Intestinal anastomosis for gangrene. . . Albany Medical Annals Volume 23 Page 291 1902. – Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 1941 Volume 26. REFERENCE: Grulee 1469. D. Appleton, 1870. hardcover books
