Sales catalogue 180 International Antiquariaat

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/38/5
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 180 International Antiquariaat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    143 144 145 147 149 150 aux remarques... etc. Luxembourg (Lausanne), n.d. Extrait du pour et contre nombre 252. N.pl., n.d. In one vol. Calf, sm. in —8. (The Eponge which is in —I2, is cleverly resized to fit the book). 45.— Barbier IV, 755. The author was President of Switzerland; the treatise contains a history of swiss lawsuits for nullity of marriage on grounds of impotence, and similar cases in other countries. Not in Hirsch, Haeser, Brunet. The second and third treatise not in Barbier. BOUEZ DE SIGOGNE, A new method of curing the venereal disease. With a confutation of the old hypotheses concerning that distemper. Added a relation of two cures. of another nature. London, 1724. (title browned). 20.— With approbations of drs. Dodart, Boudin, de Chirac, Bassat, Andry, a.o. Not mentioned by Hirsch, Haeser and Garrison. BOUFFEY, L. D. A., Recherches sur l’influence de I’air dans le développement, le caractére et le traitement des maladies. Paris, 1813. 2 parts, 1 vol. H. calf. — Hirsch I, 539. Not in Haeser and Garrison. 26.— BOURDET, Soins faciles pour la propreté de la bouche et pour la conservation des dents. Paris, 1759. Calf (corner dam.), in —1I2. 15.— For toothache Bourdet prescribed luxation, through which the dental nerve was disrupted at the root. Bourdet was one of the principal pupils of Fauchard. Hirsch I, 542. Haeser II, p. 1023. Haller, Bibl. chir. II, 393. BOURGEOISE (BOURSIER), LOUISE, Observations diverses sur la stérilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchementz et maladies des femmes et enfantz nouveaux naiz. Paris, (1652). 3 parts. With engr. title, engr. portrait of Maria de Medici and portr. of Bourgeoise. ——, Recueil des secrets, auquel sont contenues ses plus rares expériences pour diverses maladies, principalement des femmes. Paris, 1653. In one vol. Calf, sm. in —8. (some dampstains, otherw. good opy). — See reproduction pl. V. 185.— ,,Ce livre est encore recherché parce quwil s’y trouve une curieuse relation de la naissance de Louis XIII et des autres enfants de Henri IV’? (Brunet I, 1178). Louise Bourgeoise was a pupil of Ambroise Paré and one of the first, if not the first, woman to write about midwifery. The ,recueil des secrets’’ which is a supplement to the preceding work, is likewise very scarce. Hirsch J, 543/4. Garrison p. 279. Cf. Bibl. Osleriana 6546. Not in Haeser. ,,She introduced premature labour in patients with contracted pelvises, an idea probably derived from Paré”’ (Garrison & Morton 5246). Through an error in the signat. of part II, 2 leaves seem to be lacking; this is not the case as these are not included in other copies known to us. —— Abrégé de lart des accouchemens. On y a joint plusieurs observations intéressantes sur des cas singuliers. Paris, 1759. Sm. in —8. — Uncut. (title and last Il. waterspotted). 28.— BOYER, [ALEXIS], Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent. Paris, 1814—’26. 11 vols. H. calf. T15.— (Boyer) was best known by his treatise on surgical treatises (1814—-26), a huge compilation in 11 volumes, defined by Malgaigne as ,,a summary of the works and opinions of the French Academy of Surgery’. Boyer, like Hippocrates and Delpech, noted that caries of the spine is occasioned by ,,le vice scrofuleux’’.”” (Garrison p. 522). Hirsch I, 550—51. Haeser II, 938. —-— Traité complet d’anatomie ou description de toutes les parties du corps humain. 4e éd. Paris, 1815. 4 vols. H. calf. 45.— — - Lecons sur les maladies des os redigées en un traité complet p. A. Ri- | cherand. Par., an XI (1803). 2 parts, 1 vol. With plts. H. calf. 38.— First edition. The present work was of the greatest importance for the diagnosis and treatment of ailments of the bones of the feet, etc.
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