CUTLER, ELLIOTT. 1888-1947; and CLAUDE S. BECK. 1894-1971.


Surgery of the Heart and Pericardium. Reprinted from Nelson's Loose Leaf Surgery. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1927. 4to. Illustrated in text. Half green morocco and textured cloth, gilt titles on spine. Wear to covers, minor staining. Provenance: Elliott Cutler (stamped signature to free front endpaper); Haskell F. Norman (bookplate, his sale, Christie's New York, 29 October 1998, lot 1003).CUTLER'S OWN COPY, WITH TIPPED-IN LETTERS TO HIM. A classic monograph on cardiac surgery, which Cutler and Beck pioneered at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. The letters are from Harvey Cushing, and prominent Philadelphia surgeon W.W. Keen. Cushing writes "Nothing so good about the surgery of the heart has ever been written... ," while Keen writes "What wonderful work you are doing in Cardiac Surgery!" An important association copy of an historic work in cardiology and cardiac surgery.