Jean Dominique Larrey: ein Lebensbild aus der Geschichte der Chirurgie; nach seinen Memoiren entworfen

by Med. H. Werner, Dr

$225 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

First edition

Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1885. First edition, 8vo, pp. 85; original yellow printed wrappers, the front wrap detached and with chips in the margins; all else very good. Larrey was the greatest military surgeon in history. Of him Napoleon said: 'C'est l'homme le plus verteux que j'ai connu.' ... Larrey was one of the first to amputate at the hip-joint, the first to describe the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds, gave the first description of 'trench

• Binding: Wrappers

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