Lot n° 113
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113. MORAND (Sauveur-François), Opuscules de Chirurgie. Pari - Lot 113
113. MORAND (Sauveur-François), Opuscules de Chirurgie. Paris, G. Desprez & P. A. Le Prieur, 1768-1772. 2 parts in 1 ol. in-4, [4] f., , 253 pp. (1) p. of the privilege // viij including the second f. of privilege, the title page, and the 2 ff. of table, 306 pp. in one volume, full blond rooted calf, spine ornamented with nerves, fawn title page, red edges Original edition of these opuscules which give an account of several remarkable or curious cases which occurred in various medical academies. One reads the story of a Brother Jacques who made many patients die under his scalpel because of a lack of method, of a woman whose bones had softened, of a potentially fatal disease transmitted to humans by cattle whose meat was nevertheless consumed without any inconvenience, a fascinating forensic report made from the exhumed corpse of a man suspected of having been murdered, etc.
Provenance: the physician François-Joseph-Léon Rouzet (1795-1824) attested by his wet stamp on the title page.
Binding rubbed, "Morand" inscribed in ink on the upper board, headbands faded, spines cracked, corners worn away, coat of arms drawn and watercolored pasted on the reverse of the first title page, some foxing.
(Dezeimeris, III, 602).
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