A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest and on Mediate Auscultation by R.T. H Laennec MD Translated from the Latest French Edition with Copious Notes and a Sketch of the Author's Life by John Forbes MD FRS
by René Théophile Hyacinthe LAENNEC, and John FORBES (Translator)
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About This Item
676pp. 1840 ownership inscription to title page. Good condition, with foxing to page edges and to both plates (I and II) at the rear of the book. "Fourth Edition, considerably enlarged and improved, with many additional notes and an extensive bibliography of the different diseases". With early depiction of a stethoscope.
Laennec is remembered for his invention of the stethoscope and for his book on auscultation. This work is the foundation stone of modern knowledge of diseases of the chest.
Laennec is remembered for his invention of the stethoscope and for his book on auscultation. This work is the foundation stone of modern knowledge of diseases of the chest.
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- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 459
- Title
- A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest and on Mediate Auscultation by R.T. H Laennec MD Translated from the Latest French Edition with Copious Notes and a Sketch of the Author's Life by John Forbes MD FRS
- Author
- René Théophile Hyacinthe LAENNEC, and John FORBES (Translator)
- Format/Binding
- Rebound in dark blue boards, with new endpapers. Original label to spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman; Whittaker & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1834
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medicine, Medical, Stethoscope, Auscultation
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