Medicine, Surgery, Anatomy

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POTT, Perceval.

Oeuvres chirurgicales de M. Percival Pott.

Paris, Didot jeune, 1777-1792.

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500 €

First edition in French.
Percivall Pott (1714-1788), was an English surgeon specializing in the treatment of hernias. He is notably the first to describe congenital hernias. The major part of these surgical works is moreover devoted to the description and the treatment of the various hernias.
The third and last volume was published fifteen years after the first two, in 1792 by Barrois. The translator wishing to complete the Works after the death of Pott (of which he made a short biography in preliminary).
We find in this last volume the description of the curvature of the spine, which will be called Pott'disease (tuberculous arthritis of the intervertebral joints).

VILLIERS, Jacques-François de.

La médecine-pratique de Londres;
Ouvrage dans lequel on a exposé la définition et les symptômes des maladies, avec la méthode actuelle de les guérir.

Paris, Ségaud, 1778.

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250 €

First french edition.

GOULARD, Thomas.

Oeuvres de Chirurgie.

Pezenas, Veuve Gontier, 1778.

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180 €

Thomas Goulard (1697 -1784) was, towards the middle of the 18th century, royal demonstrator of surgery and anatomy in Montpellier and major surgeon of the military hospital of this city.
We owe him "the water of Goulard", nickname taken by the solution of lead acetate that Goulard recommends, under the name of Saturn extract in his works, against a whole anthology of diseases.

FONTANA, Félix.

Traité sur le venin de la vipère, sur les poisons américains, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons végétaux.

Paris, Nyon l'ainé, 1781.

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350 €

First french edition.
Fontana relates numerous experiments in which he injects venoms and poisons into animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, birds, etc.). The majority of the work is devoted to a systematic study of viper venom but it also addresses plant poisons, such as Ticunas (probably Curare) reported on poisoned arrows from the Amazon. He is thus one of the first to approach toxicology experimentally.

LEVACHER de La FEUTRIE, A. F. Thomas.

L'école de Salerne ou l'art de conserver la Santé, En vers latins & francois, Avec des Remarques; recueillie, augmentée & publiée par M. Levacher de la Feutrie.

Paris, Méquignon l'Aîné, 1782.

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85 €

MARAT, Jean-Paul.

Oeuvres de Marat.
I. Recherches Physiques sur l'Electricité.
II. Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale.

Paris, Clousier - Méquignon, 1782-1784.

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950 €

First edition of two rare books from Marat on electricity.

I. "Recherces Physiques sur l'Electricité". Paris. Clousier. 1782.
II. "Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale". Paris. Méquignon. 1784.

BONNEFOY, Jean Baptiste.

De l'Application de l'électricité à l'art de guérir.

Lyon, Aimé de la Roche, 1782.

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180 €

Rare first edition. Not in Wheeler"s Gift.
Jean Baptiste Bonnefoy (1756-1790) Boy surgeon, then surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, member of the College of Surgery, is the author of various medical memoirs. He had some relations with mesmerism whose ideas he shared, which is particularly evident in this work.

Bound after:
BONNEFOY, De l'influence des passions de l'âme dans les maladies chirurgicales, [Sl], 1786. 88 pages.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

Genève, Barthelemi Chirol, 1783.

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250 €

First separate and first edition in french of this work in which Spallanzani confirmed earlier doctrines of the solvent property of the gastric juice and discovered the action of the saliva in digestion. He stated that gastric juice can act outside the body and can prevent or inhibit putrefaction. He obtained gastric juice by tying a sponge on a piece of string, then allowing it to be swallowed.

PELLIER DE QUENGSY, Guillaume.

Recueil de mémoires et d'observations, tant sur les maladies qui attaquent l'oeil et les parties qui l'environnement, que sur les moyens de les guérir.

Montpellier, Jean Martel aîné, 1783.

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300 €

First edition.
Book in which Pellier de Quengsy returns in detail on the mode of operation of cataracts using his ophthalmotome instrument of his invention.

Copy numbered (n ° 502) and signed by the author.

POUTEAU, Claude.

Oeuvres posthumes de M. Pouteau, docteur en médecine, chirurgien en chef de l'Hôtel Dieu de Lyon.

Paris, Ph. - D. Pierres, 1783.

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300 €

First edition.
Claude Pouteau (1724-1775) was a surgeon who practiced at the Hôtel-Dieu in Lyon.
He brings many observations on cancer and he is the first to describe the fracture of the lower end of the radius with posterior tilt published several decades before the description given by Abraham Colles, called the Pouteau-Colles fracture in France (and only Colles fracture outside France).
A very good Copy.

POUPART, Pierre-Jacques-Joseph.

Traité des dartres.

Paris, Méquignon, 1784.

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170 €

Second edition.
Very good copy.

RETZ.

Recherches pathologiques, anatomiques et juduciaires, sur les signes de l’empoisonnement.

Londres, et se trouve à Paris, Méquignon, 1784.

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250 €

Rare book on forensic medicine.

TISSOT, Samuel Auguste André David.

Traité des nerfs et de leurs maladies.

Lausanne, LL.EE, 1784.

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250 €

The first two volumes only divided into four parts (one per volume) of the Treaty of the nerves of the famous Swiss doctor.
"The book by Tissot allows, in a study on the treatment of madness, to discover more generally what were the remedies prescribed for the cure of madmen and to note that the" psychological "treatments were anecdotal" (Le Treatment des aliénés in France in the second half of the 18th century, 2002).

LA FAYE, George de.

Principes de Chirurgie.

Paris, Méquignon aîné, 1785.

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75 €

La Faye (1699-1781) was "one of the most distinguished French surgeons" of the eighteenth century (Dezeimeris).

LA FAYE, George de.

Principes de Chirurgie.

Paris, Méquignon aîné, 1785.

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75 €

La Faye was one on the most famous french surgeon of his time.

TENON, Jacques.

Mémoires sur les hôpitaux de Paris.

Paris, De l’imprimerie de Ph. D. Serres, 1788.

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3000 €

First edition.
A very good copy.

HOWARD, John.

État des prisons, des hôpitaux et des maisons de force.

Paris, Lagrange, 1788.

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700 €

First french edition of Howard's pioneering work on prisons and penal reform.

BELL, Benjamin.

Traité théorique et pratique des Ulcères. Suivi d'une Dissertation sur les Tumeurs blanches des Articulations.

Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1788.

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120 €

First french edition.

DESBOIS DE ROCHEFORT, Louis René.

Cours élémentaire de matière médicale suivi d'un précis de l'art de formuler.

Paris, Méquignon l'ainé, 1789.

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Louis-René Desbois de Rochefort (1750-1786) is a French doctor, "he shone as a professor, although he was not very methodical in the exposition of his doctrines, and little punished in his speech, he did not publish any work of during his lifetime. " (Medarus).
This posthumous work is compiled by Corvisart who also signs the praise of Desbois.
Our edition follows the original and corrects the title page which indicated 1779 instead of 1789.

MARTIN, M.

Lettres adressées aux dames de charité de la campagne.

Auxerre, L. Fournier, 1789.

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250 €

Troisième édition.
Rare print in Auxerre of a collection of letters that sent this former apothecary of the Hotel of the royal military school to the "ladies of charity" of his diocese.
The aim was to give season after season advice on the plants to pick and the remedies that are easy to prepare for the ills of the time.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

Paris, J. Fr. Bastien, 1791.

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80 €

Bordeu, a graduate of Montpellier and the principal representative of clinical medicine in eighteenth-century France, was the chief representative if not the founder of the school of Vitalism.
In this work, today considered as one of the most important works in the history of cell theory, Bordeu "described connective tissue - under the name mucous tissue - showing its role in exchanges, the phenomena of nutrition, and the mechanical equilibrium of organs and tissues" (DSB, II, p. 301).

DESAULT, Pierre-Joseph.

Journal de Chirurgie.

Paris, Chez les auteurs, 1791-1792.

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1000 €

First edition.
Journal of Surgery published under the direction of Desault, the greatest surgeon of his time (he trained Bichat, Larrey, Dupuytren...). Among the articles published during the two years of edition one finds in addition to the extracts of the courses of Desault, articles of Larrey and Bichat.
Garrison-Morton notes there the publication of the first operation of a tumor of the maxillary sinus by Plaignaud.

LE COINTE, Jourdan.

La Santé de Mars ou moyen de conserver la Santé des Troupes.

Paris, Briand, 1792.

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300 €

First edition with second issue of the title page (1792 instrad of 1790 for the first issue)
Interesting and original book on the health of soldiers. We are more familiar with the works of Jourdan Le Cointe on gastronomy, here he divides his remarks into three stages: Soldier Health (food, clothing, equipment), Sanitation of camps and Military Hospitals.

HÉVIN, Prudent.

Cours de pathologie et de thérapeutique chirurgicales.

Paris, Méquignon, 1793.

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PRINGLE, John.

Observations sur les maladies des armées, dans les camps et dans les garnisons, avec des mémoires sur les substances septiques et anti-septiques, et la réponse à de Haen et à Gaber.

Paris, Théophile Barrois, 1793.

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200 €

Founder of modern military medicine
In this book, Pringle describes the common illnesses and their methods of prevention and treatment, as well as the effects of military campaigns on the health of soldiers. He also provides useful information on the role of hygiene and nutrition in the prevention of diseases and infections.

SCARPA, Antoine.

Anatomicae disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu.

Milan, Josephi Galeatti, 1794.

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1200 €

Second edition with same plates as the first edition(1789).

[CONVENTION NATIONALE].

Instruction sur les moyens d'entretenir la salubrité et de purifier l'air des salles dans les hopitaux militaires de la République.

Paris, Imprimerie Guillaume, An II [1794].

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100 €

First edition.
Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention.

The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

CORVISART, Jean Nicolas || STOLL, Maximilien.

Aphorismes sur la connaissance et la curation des fièvres.

Paris, Régent et Bernard, 1797.

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50 €

Edition offering the text in Latin and French.
Translated by Corvisart from Stoll.

ROLLO, John.

Traité du Diabète sucré ou affections gastriques et maladies qui en dépendent.

Marseille, Moutardier, An VI 1797.

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250 €

First edition in French.
Rollo is the first to offer treatment for diabetes through dietary restrictions. He proposes to have a very meaty diet and to do without vegetables.

Rollo's work is bound with the following:
NICOLAS, Medical and chemical research and experiments on diabetes mellitus, Paris, Méquignon, 1803.

SUE, Jean-Joseph.

Essai sur la physiognomonie des corps vivans, considérée depuis l'homme jusqu'à la plante.

Paris, L'Auteur, 1797.

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90 €

First edition.
Jean Joseph Sue (1760-1830) Doctor and surgeon is the father of Eugène Sue.
Curious work which would be a manual of morphology intended for artists.

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Medicine, Surgery, Anatomy

POTT, Perceval.

Oeuvres chirurgicales de M. Percival Pott.

VILLIERS, Jacques-François de.

La médecine-pratique de Londres; Ouvrage dans lequel on a exposé la définition et les symptômes des maladies, avec la méthode actuelle de les guérir.

First french edition.

GOULARD, Thomas.

Oeuvres de Chirurgie.

FONTANA, Félix.

Traité sur le venin de la vipère, sur les poisons américains, sur le laurier-cerise et sur quelques autres poisons végétaux.

LEVACHER de La FEUTRIE, A. F. Thomas.

L'école de Salerne ou l'art de conserver la Santé, En vers latins & francois, Avec des Remarques; recueillie, augmentée & publiée par M. Levacher de la Feutrie.

MARAT, Jean-Paul.

Oeuvres de Marat. I. Recherches Physiques sur l'Electricité. II. Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale.

First edition of two rare books from Marat on electricity.I. "Recherces Physiques sur l'Electricité". Paris. Clousier. 1782. II. "Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale". Paris. Méquignon. 1784.

BONNEFOY, Jean Baptiste.

De l'Application de l'électricité à l'art de guérir.

SPALLANZANI, Lazzaro.

Expériences sur la digestion de l'homme et de différentes espèces d'animaux avec des considérations sur sa méthode de faire des expériences et les conséquences pratiques qu'on peut tirer en médecine de ses découvertes par Jean SENEBIER.

PELLIER DE QUENGSY, Guillaume.

Recueil de mémoires et d'observations, tant sur les maladies qui attaquent l'oeil et les parties qui l'environnement, que sur les moyens de les guérir.

First edition.Book in which Pellier de Quengsy returns in detail on the mode of operation of cataracts using his ophthalmotome instrument of his invention. Copy numbered (n ° 502) and signed by the author.

POUTEAU, Claude.

Oeuvres posthumes de M. Pouteau, docteur en médecine, chirurgien en chef de l'Hôtel Dieu de Lyon.

POUPART, Pierre-Jacques-Joseph.

Traité des dartres.

Second edition. Very good copy.

RETZ.

Recherches pathologiques, anatomiques et juduciaires, sur les signes de l’empoisonnement.

Rare book on forensic medicine.

TISSOT, Samuel Auguste André David.

Traité des nerfs et de leurs maladies.

LA FAYE, George de.

Principes de Chirurgie.

La Faye (1699-1781) was "one of the most distinguished French surgeons" of the eighteenth century (Dezeimeris).

LA FAYE, George de.

Principes de Chirurgie.

La Faye was one on the most famous french surgeon of his time.

TENON, Jacques.

Mémoires sur les hôpitaux de Paris.

First edition.A very good copy.

HOWARD, John.

État des prisons, des hôpitaux et des maisons de force.

First french edition of Howard's pioneering work on prisons and penal reform.

BELL, Benjamin.

Traité théorique et pratique des Ulcères. Suivi d'une Dissertation sur les Tumeurs blanches des Articulations.

First french edition.

DESBOIS DE ROCHEFORT, Louis René.

Cours élémentaire de matière médicale suivi d'un précis de l'art de formuler.

MARTIN, M.

Lettres adressées aux dames de charité de la campagne.

BORDEU, Théophile de.

Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l'organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine.

DESAULT, Pierre-Joseph.

Journal de Chirurgie.

LE COINTE, Jourdan.

La Santé de Mars ou moyen de conserver la Santé des Troupes.

HÉVIN, Prudent.

Cours de pathologie et de thérapeutique chirurgicales.

PRINGLE, John.

Observations sur les maladies des armées, dans les camps et dans les garnisons, avec des mémoires sur les substances septiques et anti-septiques, et la réponse à de Haen et à Gaber.

SCARPA, Antoine.

Anatomicae disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu.

Second edition with same plates as the first edition(1789).

[CONVENTION NATIONALE].

Instruction sur les moyens d'entretenir la salubrité et de purifier l'air des salles dans les hopitaux militaires de la République.

First edition. Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention. The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

CORVISART, Jean Nicolas || STOLL, Maximilien.

Aphorismes sur la connaissance et la curation des fièvres.

Edition offering the text in Latin and French. Translated by Corvisart from Stoll.

ROLLO, John.

Traité du Diabète sucré ou affections gastriques et maladies qui en dépendent.

SUE, Jean-Joseph.

Essai sur la physiognomonie des corps vivans, considérée depuis l'homme jusqu'à la plante.

First edition.Jean Joseph Sue (1760-1830) Doctor and surgeon is the father of Eugène Sue. Curious work which would be a manual of morphology intended for artists.

La médecine-pratique de Londres;
Ouvrage dans lequel on a exposé la définition et les symptômes des maladies, avec la méthode actuelle de les guérir.

Oeuvres de Marat.
I. Recherches Physiques sur l'Electricité.
II. Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale.

First edition of two rare books from Marat on electricity.

I. "Recherces Physiques sur l'Electricité". Paris. Clousier. 1782.
II. "Mémoire sur l'électricité médicale". Paris. Méquignon. 1784.

First edition.
Book in which Pellier de Quengsy returns in detail on the mode of operation of cataracts using his ophthalmotome instrument of his invention.

Copy numbered (n ° 502) and signed by the author.

Second edition.
Very good copy.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention.

The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

Edition offering the text in Latin and French.
Translated by Corvisart from Stoll.

First edition.
Jean Joseph Sue (1760-1830) Doctor and surgeon is the father of Eugène Sue.
Curious work which would be a manual of morphology intended for artists.