Traité des opérations de chirurgie, fondé sur la mécanique des organes de l'homme, & sur la théorie & la pratique la plus autorisée. Enrichi de cures très-singulières, & de figures en taille-douce, représentant les attitudes des opérations. Seconde édition, revûë, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur.

2 (of 3) vol., 12mo: xviii-[18]-476-[4], [2]-468 pp. (2nd vol. dampstained).

Contemp. calf (corners bumped), gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands, red leather title labels, red edges.

Second corr. and augm. edition (1st 1720) by the French surgeon Croissant de Garengeot (1688-1759). Most of his observations are based on the practice of surgeons such as Arnaud, J.L. Petit, Lapeyronnie, etc. Nevertheless Garengeot perfected certain surgical instruments, in particular a "clef de Garengeot" which was used by dental surgeons. Ill. with 13 engr. pl. (not in the original ed.) representing animated scenes of surgical operations (trepanning, amputation, etc.).
Ref. Blake 167. - Wellcome III:89. - Bibl. Walleriana 3419. - Garrisson & Morton 3577.
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