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[OTIS, George A.] A Report on Amputations at the Hip-Joint in Military Surgery. Washington, DC, 1867. With 9 inserted full page plates (5 chromolithographs, 4 b/w lithographs - several by Bien.) A graphic and detailed report which was issued as part of the Barne's Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War. Doctors Barnes and Otis both received their medical degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. Brev. Lieut. Colonel Otis directed his report to Surgeon General of the Army Barnes, "In accordance with your instructions, I have examined how far the experience acquired in the War of the Rebellion has augmented our data for estimating the value of the operation of amputation at the hip-joint as a resource in military surgery, and have embodied the results of that inquiry into the following report... this report will consequently be divided into an historical summary, an account of individual cases, a citation of the options of surgeons, and a discussion of results."

[With:] ADAMS, George Worthington. Doctors in Blue. New York, 1952. -- GILCHRIST, J.G. Surgical Principles and Minor Surgery. Chicago, 1881. -- ALCOTT, Louisa M. Hospital Sketches and Camp and Fireside Stories. Boston, 1881. -- WHEELOCK, Julia S. The Boys in White; and the Experience of A Hospital Agent in and around Washington. New York, 1870. -- WYETH, John Allan. With Sabre and Scalpel. New York, 1914. 2 copies. -- STARK, Richard B. and Janet C. STARK. Surgical Care of the Confederate States Army. With other articles. Binding with title, Anemia in Practice, which does not seem to be accurate. -- CHELIUS, J.M. A System of Surgery, Vol. I. Translated by John F. South. London, 1847. -- MCKAY, Mrs. C.E. Stories of Hospital and Camp. Philadelphia, 1876. -- WELCH, Spencer Glasgow. A Confederate Surgeon's Letters to his wife. Marietta, GA, 1954. -- AN HABITUATE. Opium Eating. An Autobiographical Sketch. Philadelphia, 1876. -- The Sanitary Commission Bulletin. Philadelphia. 10 issues. Vol. I, Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and Nos. 34, 38, and 39. November 1864 - March 1865. 

Together, approx. 22 volumes, all ca 19th- 20th century, most in original bindings, condition generally fair to good.