CHESELDEN, W.
The Anatomy of the Human Body.
The Third Edition. London, Printed by W. Bower, and sold by James and John Knapton, J. and B. Sprint ... and A. Ramsey of Edinburgh, 1726. (16)+376 p. + 34 engr. plates. Contemp. full calf. Spine gilt. Top of spine and hinges neatly repaired.
¶ W. Cheselden, was one of the most celebrated British surgeons of the eighteenth century. He studied anatomy in London under William Cowper 1703-09, and began lecturing on the subject at the age of twenty-two. The above work, first published in 1713 and dedicated to Sir Richard Mead, became a standard textbook for English medical schools and ran through thirteen editions by 1792. Cheselden's international fame as a surgeon was primarily established by his development of a new technique for removing stone from the bladder, which he first performed in 1727. The entire operation he is said to have been able to complete in less than one minute. He also made an important contribution to ophthalmic surgery by his operation of iridectomy, for the treatment of certain forms of blindness by the formation of an opening to serve as an 'artificial pupil'. Wellcome II p. 335. Garrison & Morton 390. Waller 1943, only the 7th edition. Choulant 261.
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