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CLINICAL MEDICINE & SURGERY]. -- HURRY, Jamieson B. ((1875-1930). Vicious Circles in Disease . London: J. & A. Churchill 1911. 8 o. Publisher's ribbed green cloth blocked in gilt (cloth slightly darkened). FIRST EDITION. Half-title, illustrations. PRESENTATION COPY TO SIR WILLIAM OSLER, inscribed in ink "Prof. Osler With the Author's Compliments" on flyleaf and with clipped signature of Hurry affixed to top margin of title. Provenance : Sir William Osler, inscription; Walter R. Bett, medical historian, bookplate and pencilled bibliographical note. Garrison-Morton 2235; Norman 1128 -- EARLE, Henry (1789-1838). Practical Observations in Surgery . London: Underwood, 1823. 8 o. Original blue paper boards, gray paper spine with printed label, uncut and partly unopened (label and base of spine slightly chipped), blue cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. Three plates (2 folding, one engraved by James Basire two lithographed by J. Farey). Earle, surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria, invented a bed for patients with leg fractures (illustrated here); his observations on fractures of the thigh touched off a controversy with Astley Cooper (see the following). Norman 675 -- EARLE. Remarks, by the author, on Sir Astley Cooper's Reply to his Critical Observations on Fracture of the Neck, of the Femur . London: J, Moyes [13 September 1823]. 8pp., 8 o. Bound following the preceding work. Norman 676. -- FERGUSON, William (1808-1877). Lectures on the Progress of Anatomy and Surgery During the Present Century. London: Churchill & Sons, 1876. 8/so. Original burgundy cloth (spine dulled). FIRST EDITION. Half-title, text illlustrations. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on half-title by Ferguson to Sir James Simpson Bart. Ferguson was a foremost practitioner of conservative surgery, a term he originated, which intended to preserve parts of the body that would formerly have been amputated or disfigured. Garrison-Morton 5793; Norman 776. -- GRAVES, Robert James (1796-1853). A System of Clinical Medicine . Dublin: Fannin & Co., 1843. 8. Original plum cloth, gilt-lettered spine, uncut (spine sunned). FIRST EDITION. An influential Irish surgeon's contribution to the practice of clinical medicine, also containing Graves' description of exophthalmic goiter. Garrison-Morton 2218; Norman 935 -- BECK, Theodoric Romeyn (1791-1855). Elements of Medical Jurisprudence . Albany: Webster & Skinner, 1823. 2 vols., 8 o. Original paper boards, uncut, old rebacking in paper (wear to extremities, light foxing). FIRST EDITION. Half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1). "The first authoritative book on medical jurisprudence published in the United States and one of the best in the English language. Provenance : New York Medical Association Library, small stamps on titles. -- QUAIN, Richard (1816-1898), editor. A Dictionary of Medicine Including General Pathology, General Therapeutics, Hygiene, and the Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children . London: Longmans 1882. 2 vols., 8 o. Contemporary half calf and cloth boards, spines gilt- and blind-tooled, edges stained red (light rubbing). FIRST EDITION. Half-titles. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on vol.1 half title to Sir J. Lisdon. A highly successful compilation with contributions from many celebrated physicians of the era. Norman 1769 -- QUAIN, Jones (1796-1865). Elements of Descriptive and Practical Anatomy . London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1828. 8 o. Original drab paper boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION. "For many years the standard English-language textbook of anatomy." Norman 1768 -- HILTON, John (1804-1878). On the Influence of Mechanical and Physiological Rest in the Treatment of Accidents and Surgical Diseases, and the Diagnostic Value of Pain . London: Bell and Daldy, 1863. 8 o. Publisher's pebble-grained green cloth, uncut (spine slightly darkened). FIRST EDITION. Half-title, text engravings, 24-page publisher's catalogue. Hilton was the first to argue the importance of complete rest for treatment of surgery patients. G