Jean-Adrien Helvetius - Traité des pertes de sang

Rare second illustrated edition with a plate hors texte from this important manual of practical medicine devoted to the study of hemorrhages, their causes, clinical manifestations, and the therapeutic means intended to combat them - Renowned physician of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Helvétius aims to gather the medical knowledge of his time on a problem considered one of the main causes of mortality, by proposing a method of diagnosis and treatment based on his clinical experience - The author begins by defining the different forms of blood loss, distinguishing external and internal hemorrhages, spontaneous or traumatic, acute or chronic, and successively examines bleeding from the nose, the mouth, the lungs, the stomach, the intestines, the urinary tract, the uterus, wounds or the various organs that may be affected - Jean-Adrien Helvetius - Treatise on blood losses, of whatever kind they may be, with their specific remedy - 1706 - Laurent d'Houry - (16), 176 pp., Good condition of the binding, work in its full rigid blindstamped period calfskin (modern binding signed Fabien Gruhier), stains and signs of wear, a few minor defects on the cover, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, modern title piece - Good interior condition, browned leaves, small galleries in the first gatherings, small vignette on the title page, pretty headbands, beautiful drop cap, second illustrated edition with a plate hors texte, plate in facsimile, endpapers in good condition, a good copy - Delivery service ensured within a few days -

Estimation:€150

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