A practical system of surgery. By James Latta, ... Illustrated with cases on many of the subjects, and with copperplates. In three volumes. ...
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Title
A practical system of surgery. By James Latta, ... Illustrated with cases on many of the subjects, and with copperplates. In three volumes. ...
Subject
Discusses suppression of the nerves in breast cancer patients to reduce pain in operation. Illustrations of tools, but not of patients. No clear illustration of his 'invention'
Description
v.1([2],2,505,[1]p.),plates ; 80.
Creator
Latta, James, surgeon in Edinburgh.
Source
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pgku3s8x
Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/pgku3s8x
Publisher
Edinburgh : printed for G. Mudie, J. Elder, A. Guthrie, and J. & J. Fairbairn; J. Murray, and Ogilvie & Spiere [sic, for Speare], London, 1793.
Collection
Citation
Latta, James, surgeon in Edinburgh., “A practical system of surgery. By James Latta, ... Illustrated with cases on many of the subjects, and with copperplates. In three volumes. ...,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/300.