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Lectures Illustrative of Certain Local Nervous Affections, 1st edition, 1837, 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (dated 31 March 1845), institutional ink stamp to blank area of title and at foot of final page of text, Dr Michael Jefferson book ticket to front pastedown, contemporary boards, old cloth reback with printed paper label to spine, rubbed and marked, 8vo, together with Introductory Lecture Delivered in the Theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, on the 8th May 1820, 1st edition, 1820, contemporary half calf, some corner wear, rebacked, plus Physiological Researches, Collected and Republished from the "Philosophical Transactions", 1851, library ink stamps to title, publisher's catalogue at rear, a little spotting, original cloth, some corner wear, rebacked with remains of spine relaid, all 8vo, plus an autograph letter signed by Brodie 'B.C. Brodie', 14 Saville Row, [London], 8 May 1847, to an unidentified recipient concerning Master Bridger's case, 'It is very desirable whenever he is in a condition to leave the bed, the joint shall be kept thoroughly supported. If the splint cannot be borne, I would suggest that you should procure a good quantity of stocking-bandage (No. 2) from Churton the hosier at 91 Oxford Street, and let it be wrapped round the elbow extending some way up the arm and some way down the forearm...', a little spotting along folds, 3 pp., 8vo (4)