L'art de guerir les maladies des os
Paris, Laurent d'Houry, 1705. In-12 de (20) et 304 pages ; veau brun moucheté de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné (coiffes et coins émoussés). Item #YEG-873
Rare édition originale du traité français le plus célèbre et le plus important du XVIIIe sur les maladies des os et leur traitements. "Petit was the first director of the Academie de Chirurgie, Paris. he is particularly remembered for his work on bone diseases. He invented the screw tourniquet, gave the first account of osteomalacia, and was the first to open the mastoid process" (GM 4300). "Petit was the leading French surgeon of the early eighteenth century and the first director of the Académie de Chirurgie in Paris. This, his major work, was first published in 1705 as L'art de guérir les maladies des os and was translated into English in 1726. It is in this work that he gave the first account of osteomalacia and of clot formation in arteries following ligation." (Heirs of Hippocrates 776). Malgré de menus défauts à la reliure, bon exemplaire à l'intérieur frais.
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