Traité Pratique des Maladies Vénériennes: ou recherches critiques et expérimentailes sur l'inoculation appliquée á l'étude de ces maladies, suivies d'un résumé thérapeutique et d'un formulaire spécial
by RICORD, Philippe
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Bruxelles [Brussels]: J.-B. Tircher, 1838. First edition, Brussels issue. 8vo. [4], 808 pp. Contemporary half brown calf and marbled paper boards; spine chipped and worn, joints cracked The Haskell Norman copy of the first edition of Ricord's important work on venereal disease, published simultaneously in Paris and Brussels."Includes the description of 'Ricords chancre,' the initial lesion in syphilis. Ricord re-demonstrated the specific character of syphilis and divided it into the three stages, primary, secondary, and tertiary. Repeating Hunters experiment, Ricord proved that syphilis and gonorrhoea were separate diseases. After Hunter, he was the greatest authority on venereal disease" (Garrison-Morton)PROVENANCE: inscription of Dr. Portry, Malmedy, 1838, on ffep and his notes in German on the rear endpapers; Haskell F. Norman (book-plate)REFERENCE: Garrison-Morton 2381 & 5202; Heirs of Hippocrates 1621; Norman 1831; Waller 7974
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- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100421
- Title
- Traité Pratique des Maladies Vénériennes
- Author
- RICORD, Philippe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, Brussels issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.-B. Tircher
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles [Brussels]
- Date Published
- 1838
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...