TRAITE THEORIQUE ET PRATIQUE DES BLESSURES PAR ARMES DE GUERRE,
redige d'apres les lecons cliniques de M. le Baron Dupuytren et publie sous sa direction par Mm. les docteurs A. Paillard et Marx. [In two parts, text in French]. Pp. [iv]+xx+496, title page ornament; qr. red morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled papered boards, lightly rubbed, edges worn (heaviest at fore-corners), spine lightly faded and the leather lightly grazed, short split at head of upper joint; bookseller's label and newscutting advertising the sale of a library of medical books on the upper pastedown, hinges cracked, outer leaves browned, a few small edge chips, small inked annotation to p. xiii, scattered foxing and occasional soiling; H. Dumont, Libraire-Editeur, Bruxelles, 1835. Second edition. *First published in 1834 [Garrison & Morton 2163]. Dupuytren (1777-1835) is remembered for his description of Dupuytren's contracture (a thickening and tightening of tissue under the skin in the hand). His treatise on war wounds was edited from his lectures by his students, Alexandre Paillard and Edmond Marx. Item #148475
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