Observations on the Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck,

WITH A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR
tall 8vo. [2 (title)], 510, [2 (list of plates & blank)]pp., 10 engraved plates, modern half light tan calf, spine panelled by raised bands and with black morocco labels, marbled sides, title page slightly dust marked, else very good.
Garrison Morton 405 and 3055 (first edition of 1811)
Burns (1781-1813) "was the first to suggest [in the 1811 printing] ligature of the innominate artery. His book describes 'Burns's space, the fascial space at the suprasternal notch" [G. & M., 405] and the book also contained the "first recorded case of chloroma" [G. & M., 3055]. An edition was published in Baltimore, U.S.A., in 1823.
Allan Burns (1781-1813), Scottish surgeon and physician, established himself as a lecturer on anatomy and surgery at Glasgow, vivid in illustration and accurate knowledge brought him considerable success. He published numerous medical papers and "his work on vascular pressure systems and on heart disease were seen as pioneering and were long in print" [wikipedia]. In 1809 he published Observations on Diseases of the Heart, and in 1811 Observations on the Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck, the latter planned as the first of a series of works on anatomy.
Granville Sharp Pattison (1791–1851), Scottish anatomist and from 1813 a member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, was Burn's assistant and favourite pupil. Pattison, apparently a quarrelsome individual, emigrated to Philadelphia in 1818 and was in 1820 appointed to the chair of anatomy, physiology, and surgery in the University of Maryland in Baltimore. Burns had bequeathed to him the copyright of his books and his 1823 Baltimore edition of Burns's book on the head and neck was, like the first of 1811, planned as the first of a series which never materialised. He added a short biography of Burns. In 1827 he returned to Britain as professor of anatomy at the University of London. However he was pressurised into relinquishing this position and again moved to U.S.A. as professor of anatomy in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia and later professor of anatomy at New York University.