Item #002760 On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen. Thomas HODGKIN.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.
On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.

On Some Morbid Appearances of the Absorbent Glands and Spleen.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1832.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #002760

In: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions published by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, Vol. 17, pp. 68-114 [caption title]. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1832. 8vo (209 x 132 mm). Entire volume 17, xxiv [1], 527 [1] pp., 4 (3 folding) lithographed plates bound after p.[514]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original gilt-lettered spine. Light foxing of plates, plate II and III split at fold (without loss), text only little age-toned and generally quite fresh and clean. Provenance: Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin*, Medical and Surgical Library (a few old ink stamps in text). A fine copy. ----

Garrison-Morton 3762; not in Norman, Cushing, Osler or Waller. VERY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION OF A CLASSIC IN ONCOLOGY, the full description of the simultaneous enlargement of the spleen and lymphatic glands, which Wilks in 1865 referred to as "Hodgkin's disease." Thomas Hodgkin studied under Laennec in Paris and received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. At the age of 27 he was appointed both a lecturer of morbid anatomy at Guy's Hospital and curator of its museum from 1825-37. Hodgkin was the first to describe tumorous enlargement of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver as a distinct pathology and the first in England to pursue the lead of Bichat by discussing morbid anatomy from the standpoint of changes in tissue, and to give regular lecture courses in morbid anatomy. His Lectures on the Morbid Anatomy of the Serous and Mucous Membranes stimulated the study of tissue pathology in England. Hodgkin published only a few medical works during his brief medical career, which ended in 1837 after he failed to receive a promotion at Guy's Hospital; for the rest of his life he devoted himself to philanthropic pursuits. He is best known for his classic description of Hodgkin's lymphoma, contained in this copy.
This is a very rare publication, only one copy sold at auction in the last 40 years: the Meyer Friedman copy (lot 86) at Sotheby's NY in November 2001 (sold for $21,450).
*Dr Steevens' Hospital in Dublin was one of Ireland's most distinguished 18th-century medical establishments. It was founded under the terms of the will of Dr Richard Steevens (1653-1710), an eminent physician in Dublin, and designed by Thomas Burgh. The hospital was closed in 1987.

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