1854 Druit’s Modern Surgery / SOLD

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1854 Druit’s Modern Surgery

 

ID’d to Confederate Surgeon, 18th Mississippi Infantry, Gettysburg Veteran Original 1854 edition of Druitt’s Modern Surgery, boldly inscribed on the front flyleaf: “Wm. Allen, Vermont Medical College, May 1st, 1855.” William George Allen of Clinton, Mississippi, graduated from Vermont Medical College and enlisted as a surgeon in the Confederate service on April 20, 1861. He served throughout the war with the hard-fighting 18th Mississippi Infantry, a unit heavily engaged at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg, before surrendering April 26, 1865. Vermont Medical College, founded in 1827, was among the most respected medical schools of its day, boasting over 100 students in the early 1850s before closing in 1856. This volume, carried and used by Allen, offers a tangible link to Confederate medical practice and battlefield surgery. The profusely illustrated author’s book is accompanied by archival research on Surgeon Allen, documenting his service history and the 18th Mississippi’s wartime record. A rare, well-documented Confederate medical officer’s volume tied to one of the Army of Northern Virginia’s most active regiments.

 

Inventory Number: MED 305

 

 

 

A worn, brown leather-bound book is placed in front of five sheets of printed paper with typed text and an image of a flag.
The title page of an 1854 surgical textbook, "The Principles and Practice of Modern Surgery" by Robert Druitt, edited by F.W. Sargent, with a medical emblem at the bottom.
Aged paper with handwritten script reading "W.G. Allen, Vermont Medical College, May 1st, 1855.
A closed, brown leather-bound book with a worn cover and no visible title or markings.
A worn, brown leather-bound book with a black spine label reads “Druitt’s Modern Surgery Sargent.”.
Open book displaying a page titled "The Author's Preface" with text printed in a classic serif font; the book is set against a white background.
An old book opened to the inside cover and first page, showing yellowed, stained paper and handwritten inscription dated August 9th, 1853.
An open medical textbook showing text on both pages and a small anatomical illustration of a torso and hands on the right page.
A closed, old hardcover book with a worn brown leather cover, lying on a white surface.
A worn, brown leather-bound book with visible stains and scuff marks on the cover, photographed against a plain white background.

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