LAENNEC (René-Théophile-Hyacinthe) De l'Auscultation... - Lot 872 - Briscadieu

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LAENNEC (René-Théophile-Hyacinthe) De l'Auscultation... - Lot 872 - Briscadieu
LAENNEC (René-Théophile-Hyacinthe) De l'Auscultation Médiate ou Traité de Diagnostic des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur Paris, Brosson et Chaudé, 1819. 2 volumes in-8 bound : XLVIII, 456pp ; illustrated with 4 folding plates in fine, engraved after Toulmouche's drawings, representing the cross-section of the stethoscope invented by the author as well as cross-sections of lungs / XVI, 472pp. Untrimmed copy with full margins. Vintage pink cover (last two covers missing), in burgundy slipcase, gilt title on spine. A good copy in its original condition. First edition. "One of the most remarkable works among those published for 30 years: the author establishes the possibility of recognizing by simple signs, purely physical, several affections of the lungs and the heart" (Quérard IV, 388). One of the milestones in the history of medicine. True doctrine of auscultation. He also describes in a more exact and complete way organic alterations of the heart and the lungs thanks to his invention of the stethoscope (1816).
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