viii, 603 + [1] ad pp. With a few illustrations in the text. 7¼x4½, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked with original spine strip laid on. Fifth Edition.

Guthrie's qualifications are well described by Heirs of Hippocrates in the listing of another of his works: "Guthrie was the most renowned military surgeon of his day and was a prolific author whose best-known treatise was On gun-shot wounds of the extremities (London, 1815). His military career took him to the United States, Spain, and Waterloo where he successfully amputated at the hip and is credited with being the first to ligate the peroneal artery. Guthrie introduced long incisions through the skin to relieve diffused erysipelas, was one of the first to use lithotrity in England, and also did important work in ophthalmic surgery..."