Recherches anatomiques et expérimentales sur les fractures du crane. (with) Étude sur les plaies par armes a feu. (with) Pathologie compare de l’ostéomalacie chez l’homme et le animaux domestiques.
Paris: Adrian Delahaye; Germer Baillière; P. Asselin, 1873; 1872; 1874. Three works in one. 8vo. [iv], 167; vi, 234; 132, [2] pp. FIRST EDITIONS. First work with 13 full-page photogravure plates, wood engravings in the text; second with 22 full-page lithographed plates; third with 4 full-page lithographed plates. Nineteenth century gilt sheep-backed marbled boards. Old label affixed to the front panel. Paper lightly toned, otherwise fine. Item #19369
First editions of three illustrated medical texts on traumatic injuries. The first explores the nature and treatment of cranial fractures, including those caused by irradiation. Photographic examples of skulls support the text. It is considered a landmark treatise in the history of cranial biomechanics. The second addresses gunshot wounds: through the arteries, bones, and head. The plates illustrate different parts of the internal anatomy after a gunshot occurs. The final text describes osteomalacia, a disorder that causes bone softening, in humans and animals and compares its effects in the two. It includes pharmacological treatment suggestions and statistics of their efficacy. The plates show human bodies afflicted with the disease.
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