1867 First Edition
ON JOINT-DISEASES
By Holmes Coote
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, 8vo; approx. 228 × 150 mm.
Published By: Robert Hardwicke, London, 1867
Language: English
Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription: The title page bears the manuscript inscription "Joseph Thompson, June 1867", documenting ownership in the year of publication. The original owner's identity has not been conclusive...
Collation: pp. 299; 32 pages of publisher's advertisements printed on smaller-format paper and bound into the volume. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in the text. Complete.
Dust Jacket: None, as issued
SKU: BTETM0001362
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
On Joint-Diseases
Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
First edition of On Joint-Diseases; Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Including the Nature and Treatment of Deformities, and Curvatures of the Spine (1867), by Holmes Coote (1817–1872), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and Consulting Surgeon to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, London.
Published by Robert Hardwicke of 192 Piccadilly, this illustrated Victorian medical treatise examines the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the joints, together with congenital and acquired deformities, spinal curvature, and the surgical and mechanical methods employed in their correction.
Drawing upon his extensive clinical experience, Coote explores the developing understanding of joint disease during a period of considerable change in British surgery. Particular attention is given to the relative merits of operative intervention and conservative treatment through rest, immobilisation and mechanical support.
The text is illustrated throughout with wood engravings depicting anatomical conditions, deformities and contemporary orthopaedic apparatus, including splints, braces and devices for supporting or correcting affected limbs.
Arranged across seventeen chapters, the work encompasses inflammatory and degenerative joint conditions, synovitis, diseases of the articular extremities of bones, disorders of the spine, club-foot, rickets, contractures and other musculoskeletal abnormalities.
The volume retains its original cloth binding with gilt lettering and blind-stamped decoration, together with the decorative binder's ticket of W. Bone & Son of 76 Fleet Street, London. Of additional bibliographical interest is the survival of the 32-page publisher's advertising catalogue, printed on smaller-format paper and bound in at the rear.
The book attracted contemporary medical attention, receiving a substantial review in the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review in July 1867. The reviewer considered Coote's clinical experience particularly relevant to the contemporary debate surrounding joint excision and conservative orthopaedic treatment.
An interesting surviving example of nineteenth-century British medical publishing, retaining its contemporary binding, an ownership inscription dated in the year of publication, and original publisher's advertisements.
PROVENANCE
Contemporary ownership inscription: The title page bears the manuscript inscription "Joseph Thompson, June 1867", documenting ownership in the year of publication. The original owner's identity has not been conclusively established.
Binder's ticket: The rear pastedown retains the decorative red-printed ticket of W. Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London, identifying the firm responsible for the contemporary binding.
W. Bone & Son was an established London bookbinding firm whose work is represented in the British Museum's collection of Victorian publisher's bindings. The British Museum records bindings bearing the firm's tickets at the same Fleet Street address, including examples from the late 1860s.
The survival of the original binder's ticket provides useful evidence of the book's contemporary manufacture and is a particularly attractive feature for collectors interested in nineteenth-century publisher's bindings.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
pp. 299; 32 pages of publisher's advertisements printed on smaller-format paper and bound into the volume. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in the text. Complete.
Contemporary dark reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the upper board and spine, and decorative blind-stamped borders. The boards exhibit rubbing, scratches, surface wear and bumped corners, consistent with age and use. Wear and fraying to the spine extremities and along exposed edges.
Both boards remain firmly attached. The internal gutters are stretched at the front and rear, with visible strain, but the boards are not detached.
The interior exhibits occasional foxing, light age-toning and minor handling marks. The text and illustrations remain generally clean and legible.
The title page retains the contemporary ownership inscription, "Joseph Thompson, June 1867". The rear pastedown bears the original W. Bone & Son binder's ticket.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. XL, No. 79 (July 1867), pp. 53–60. Substantial contemporary review of Coote's On Joint Diseases.
The Indian Medical Gazette, Vol. II, No. 4 (April 1867), pp. 109–110. Contemporary notice of the work.
Wellcome Collection, London. Bibliographical records for Holmes Coote, On Joint-Diseases (1867).
British Museum, Collection No. 1992,0406.14. Comparative example of a contemporary publisher's binding bearing the ticket of Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London.
Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, SBHPP/HCO. Biographical and archival record of Holmes Coote, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
AUTHOR BIO
Holmes Coote, F.R.C.S. (1817–1872) was an English surgeon, anatomist and medical writer closely associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
Born in London in 1817, Coote studied under the distinguished surgeon Sir William Lawrence and subsequently became a demonstrator of anatomy at St Bartholomew's medical school. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon in 1854 and Surgeon to the hospital in 1863.
During the Crimean War, Coote served as a civilian surgeon at Smyrna, gaining experience in the treatment of injuries, wounds and diseases affecting the bones and joints. This experience contributed to his subsequent interest in orthopaedic pathology and surgical treatment.
His published works include The Homologies of the Human Skeleton (1849) and a number of contributions to medical journals and hospital reports.
On Joint-Diseases (1867) represents his principal extended work on orthopaedic surgery, bringing together his clinical observations and views on the management of joint disease and deformity.
Coote died in 1872, aged fifty-five.
1867 First Edition
ON JOINT-DISEASES
By Holmes Coote
KEY DETAILS
Condition: Very Good
Format: Hardcover, 8vo; approx. 228 × 150 mm.
Published By: Robert Hardwicke, London, 1867
Language: English
Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription: The title page bears the manuscript inscription "Joseph Thompson, June 1867", documenting ownership in the year of publication. The original owner's identity has not been conclusive...
Collation: pp. 299; 32 pages of publisher's advertisements printed on smaller-format paper and bound into the volume. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in the text. Complete.
Dust Jacket: None, as issued
SKU: BTETM0001362
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
DESCRIPTION
On Joint-Diseases
Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
First edition of On Joint-Diseases; Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment: Including the Nature and Treatment of Deformities, and Curvatures of the Spine (1867), by Holmes Coote (1817–1872), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and Consulting Surgeon to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, London.
Published by Robert Hardwicke of 192 Piccadilly, this illustrated Victorian medical treatise examines the pathology, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the joints, together with congenital and acquired deformities, spinal curvature, and the surgical and mechanical methods employed in their correction.
Drawing upon his extensive clinical experience, Coote explores the developing understanding of joint disease during a period of considerable change in British surgery. Particular attention is given to the relative merits of operative intervention and conservative treatment through rest, immobilisation and mechanical support.
The text is illustrated throughout with wood engravings depicting anatomical conditions, deformities and contemporary orthopaedic apparatus, including splints, braces and devices for supporting or correcting affected limbs.
Arranged across seventeen chapters, the work encompasses inflammatory and degenerative joint conditions, synovitis, diseases of the articular extremities of bones, disorders of the spine, club-foot, rickets, contractures and other musculoskeletal abnormalities.
The volume retains its original cloth binding with gilt lettering and blind-stamped decoration, together with the decorative binder's ticket of W. Bone & Son of 76 Fleet Street, London. Of additional bibliographical interest is the survival of the 32-page publisher's advertising catalogue, printed on smaller-format paper and bound in at the rear.
The book attracted contemporary medical attention, receiving a substantial review in the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review in July 1867. The reviewer considered Coote's clinical experience particularly relevant to the contemporary debate surrounding joint excision and conservative orthopaedic treatment.
An interesting surviving example of nineteenth-century British medical publishing, retaining its contemporary binding, an ownership inscription dated in the year of publication, and original publisher's advertisements.
PROVENANCE
Contemporary ownership inscription: The title page bears the manuscript inscription "Joseph Thompson, June 1867", documenting ownership in the year of publication. The original owner's identity has not been conclusively established.
Binder's ticket: The rear pastedown retains the decorative red-printed ticket of W. Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London, identifying the firm responsible for the contemporary binding.
W. Bone & Son was an established London bookbinding firm whose work is represented in the British Museum's collection of Victorian publisher's bindings. The British Museum records bindings bearing the firm's tickets at the same Fleet Street address, including examples from the late 1860s.
The survival of the original binder's ticket provides useful evidence of the book's contemporary manufacture and is a particularly attractive feature for collectors interested in nineteenth-century publisher's bindings.
CONDITION, COLLATION & COPY NOTES
COLLATION
pp. 299; 32 pages of publisher's advertisements printed on smaller-format paper and bound into the volume. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings in the text. Complete.
Contemporary dark reddish-brown cloth binding with gilt lettering to the upper board and spine, and decorative blind-stamped borders. The boards exhibit rubbing, scratches, surface wear and bumped corners, consistent with age and use. Wear and fraying to the spine extremities and along exposed edges.
Both boards remain firmly attached. The internal gutters are stretched at the front and rear, with visible strain, but the boards are not detached.
The interior exhibits occasional foxing, light age-toning and minor handling marks. The text and illustrations remain generally clean and legible.
The title page retains the contemporary ownership inscription, "Joseph Thompson, June 1867". The rear pastedown bears the original W. Bone & Son binder's ticket.
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
REFERENCES
British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. XL, No. 79 (July 1867), pp. 53–60. Substantial contemporary review of Coote's On Joint Diseases.
The Indian Medical Gazette, Vol. II, No. 4 (April 1867), pp. 109–110. Contemporary notice of the work.
Wellcome Collection, London. Bibliographical records for Holmes Coote, On Joint-Diseases (1867).
British Museum, Collection No. 1992,0406.14. Comparative example of a contemporary publisher's binding bearing the ticket of Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, London.
Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, SBHPP/HCO. Biographical and archival record of Holmes Coote, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital.
AUTHOR BIO
Holmes Coote, F.R.C.S. (1817–1872) was an English surgeon, anatomist and medical writer closely associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.
Born in London in 1817, Coote studied under the distinguished surgeon Sir William Lawrence and subsequently became a demonstrator of anatomy at St Bartholomew's medical school. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon in 1854 and Surgeon to the hospital in 1863.
During the Crimean War, Coote served as a civilian surgeon at Smyrna, gaining experience in the treatment of injuries, wounds and diseases affecting the bones and joints. This experience contributed to his subsequent interest in orthopaedic pathology and surgical treatment.
His published works include The Homologies of the Human Skeleton (1849) and a number of contributions to medical journals and hospital reports.
On Joint-Diseases (1867) represents his principal extended work on orthopaedic surgery, bringing together his clinical observations and views on the management of joint disease and deformity.
Coote died in 1872, aged fifty-five.
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