Observations on Wounds, and their Complications by Erysipelas, Gangrene and Tetanus, and on the Principal Diseases and Injuries of the Head, Ear and Eye. With Plates. Translated from the French by E.F. Rivinus. by LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766-1842) - 1832

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia: Key, Mielke & Biddle, 1832. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Boards in full leather, newly re-backed, with original endpapers. Brown leather spine has four raised bands and black leather spine label with gilt lettering. Previous owner's name indecipherable on title page. Pages are foxed; vertical tide mark throughout. Two illustrated plates. Errata on last page. 8vo. 210 x 127 mm. pp. viii, [1], 2-332. Observations of battlefield wounds by Baron Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842), a French surgeon, military doctor, and the personal friend of Napoleon, who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, he is often considered the first modern military surgeon. [Wiki] Contents: - A General View of Wounds, especially of Gun-Shot Wounds (1-90). - Diseases and Injuries of the Head (91-217). - Of Nostalgia (218-249). - Injuries of Certain Parts of the Face (250-317). - Of… Read More

Philadelphia: Key, Mielke & Biddle, 1832. First American edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 332; 2 engraved plates; later blue cloth, red leather spine label stamped in gilt; light water damage at the inner and outer margins of several leaves, including the plates; a good copy. Garrison-Morton 2160: "Larrey was the greatest military surgeon in history." Heirs of Hippocrates, 1214: "This translation of Volume I of Larrey's Clinique chirurgicale was made by Edward Florens Rivinus (1802-1872). Even though Rivinus only translated the first of Larreys' multi-volume work, he commented in the Preface that "The great importance of the subject, which is far from being exhausted, the originality of the author's views of the pathology and treatment of several leading surgical diseases of the head, will insure it a respectful consideration."