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Joseph Constantine Carpue, F.R.S.

An account of two successful operations for restoring a lost nose from the integuments of the forehead in the cases of two officers of His Majesty's Army; to which are prefixed historical and physiological remarks on the nasal operation; including descriptions of the Indian and Italian methods / [J.C. Carpue].

An introduction to electricity and galvanism; with cases, shewing their effects in the cure of diseases / To which is added, a description of Mr. Cuthbertson's plate electrical machine. By J.C. Carpue.

A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

A description of the muscles of the human body, as they appear on dissection : with the synonyma of Cowper, Winslow, Douglas, Albinus, and Innes, and the new nomenclature of Dumas, professor of anatomy at Montpellier : with prints and maps, showing the insertions of muscles / by Joseph Constantine Carpue.

A description of the muscles of the human body, as they appear on dissection... : with prints and maps, showing the insertions of muscles / by Joseph Constantine Carpue.

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A history of the high operation for the stone, by incision above the pubis : with observations on the advantages attending it : and an account of the various methods of lithotomy, from the earliest periods to the present time / by J.C. Carpue.

An introduction to electricity and galvanism; with cases, shewing their effects in the cure of diseases / To which is added, a description of Mr. Cuthbertson's plate electrical machine. By J.C. Carpue.

A description of the muscles of the human body, as they appear on dissection... : with prints and maps, showing the insertions of muscles / by Joseph Constantine Carpue.