Refr: G-M 5579 Copy: Volumes 1 and 5 are both 2nd ed., and dated 1785 and 1788 respectively Note: Born at Dumfries, Bell studied at Edinburgh, Paris and London. He was surgeon to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for 29 years, during which time he produced the above work. Noted for its clarity and precision it went through seven editions, the last being published in 1801. "Benjamin Bell should be regarded as the first of the Edinburgh scientific surgeons. He was one of the first to seek for some means of preventing or diminishing pain in surgical operations, and, in his 'System of surgery' described several methods" (Comrie)

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