1759 BONE Diseases Surgery Petit French Medicine Malady des Os Illustrated 2v

1759 BONE Diseases Surgery Petit French Medicine Malady des Os Illustrated 2v

Jean-Louis Petit was one of the most prestigious and important French surgeons, not just of the 18^th-century, but of the history of French medicine. He was the first director of the Academie de Chirurgie and often best remembered for his studies in bone diseases. According to Garrison Morton, Petit

“invented the screw tourniquet, gave the first account of osteomalacia (bone softening), and was the first to open the mastoid process.”

Item number: #28129

Price: $599

PETIT, Jean-Louis

Traité des maladies des os, dans lequel on a représenté les appareils & les machines qui conviennent à leur guérison

A Paris: chez P. G. Cavelier, 1759.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • I – [4], 67, [1], 320
  • II – [4], 430, [2]
  • 34 engravings throughout, plus 2 folding plates
• References: Garrison-Morton 4300; Heirs of Hippocrates 489
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

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