Lister, Compound Dislocation of the Ankle, 1870 (inscribed by the author)

Remarks on a Case of Compound Dislocation of the Ankle with Other Injuries; Illustrating the Antiseptic System of Treatment. By Joseph Lister, F.R.S. Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. 1870. 
 
Offprint from the 'Lancet' vol.1 1870 (March 26). First separate printing, this copy inscribed 'From the author' to title. Mild toning, mostly marginal. Stitched binding; spine backed with paper. Housed in a black buckram folder with red morocco label (gold text) on front board. 35 pages 
 
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827 - 1912) was professor of surgery at the Universities of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow. He established the antiseptic method of surgery after recognizing the significance and potential applications of Pasteur’s work. Lister was also the first to grow a pure bacterial culture. His antiseptic surgical methods were first employed on the battlefield by French and German armies in 1870. This article shows its application in an orthopedic intervention.