Student's lecture notes, Paris, early 19th century

'Cours d'accouchement par Alphonse Le Roi [sic] professeur de L'Ecole de Médecine', Paris, c.1800: lecture notes on Leroy's obstetrical course, ff.1-22, followed by very brief notes on Hallé's course on hygiene, ff. 23-27, by an unidentified student.

c.1800

1 volume 1 volume: approx. 200 x 160 mm. 40 ff. (ff.28-40 blank). Original pagination 1-46 and unnumbered. Paper covers

Purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 2002

Leroy obtained his M.D. at Paris in 1778, and after the reorganization of the Faculté de Médecine, Paris, was appointed professor of obstetrics. He was murdered by a servant whom he had dismissed. Hallé was among those who pleaded for Lavoisier before the Tribunal of the Convention. He had qualified in 1778 at the Faculté de Médecine, Paris, and was a Member of the newly formed 'Sociéte de Médecine'. In 1794 he was appointed professor of hygiene, and was later physician to Napoleon I, and afterwards to Louis XVII and elected a Member of the Institut.