Petit, Antoine (1718-1794)

Cayer du Cours d'opérations de Mr. Petit, donné 14 avril 1766 [Incomplete]. An unnamed student's notes of lectures. Produced in Paris.

1766

1 volume 38 ll. folio. 33 × 20 cm. Unbound. The end of the MS. is missing, after the middle of the chapter 'Du trépan'.

Purchased 1929.

This eminent physician and surgeon was elected 'Docteur Régent' of the Faculté de Médecine at Paris in 1746, and was professor of anatomy and surgery at the Jardin des Plantes from 1760, in which year he was also elected a Member of the Académie des Sciences.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).