1370. BENJAMIN C. BRODIE (1783-1862) English surgeon whose promotion of conservative treatment of diseases of the joints helped radically reduce needless amputations. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., [n.p., n.d.], in part: "...Will you be so good as to leave the petitions out...for the purposes of signing them...". Small albumen portrait affixed in blank area, very good. $100-150