Joseph Warner - Cases in Surgery -
Cases in surgery with introductions, operations and remarks by Joseph Warner, F.R.S. and Senior Surgeon to Guy's Hospital.The Fourth Edition, with considerable additions.London, J. Johnson, . Modern Leather, with 11 plates. (p. Explanation of the plates at the end is not complete. Titelpage loosened. Some browned spots.Joseph Warner (), was the son of Ashton Warner, a politician in Antigua. Warner was educated at Westminster School. He was apprenticed to Samuel Sharp at Guy's Hospital in and assisted him as a lecturer in anatomy in after obtaining his diploma. In , he was appointed to Guy's Hospital, then served under the Duke of Cumberland in the Rebellion. Warner held the unique distinction of being a member of all three surgical institutions in London, since he was a Barber-Surgeon, twice Master of the Company of Surgeons in and , and the first member of the College of Surgeons in .His respected Cases in Surgery recorded the whole range of surgery, including an account of the agaric of the oak stopping bleeding ‘after some of the most capital operations' (). Read More