[MANUSCRIT] Manuel des opérations de chirurgie, 1755
[MANUSCRIT].
Manuel des opérations de chirurgie.
Brest, s.n., 1755.
8vo (168x112 mm), 346-(3) pages. (some misnumbering pages). binding : Contemporary full calf, spine in six compartments.
Original manuscript. Surgery manual written at the Royal Naval Hospital in Brest by an unknown hand. Manuscript completed on March 17, 1755 which testifies to the teaching of military surgery in the middle of the eighteenth century. It features various amputation procedures prominently.