Happō danō kō 發泡打膿考 Study of Drainage from Western Medicine

by Yū 武部游 Takebe

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First edition

1818. Seven full-page woodcuts & a few smaller text illus. 49 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, modern stitching. Wakayama 若山: Kasedaya Hiemon 綛田屋丕右衞門 et al., 1818. First edition of Takebe’s translation of and commentary on Lorenz Heister’s important writings on infections and their treatment. Heister 1683-1758 , wrote one of the best and most complete works on surgery of

• Binding: Wrappers

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