Observations sur les pertes de sang des femmes en couches, et sur le moyen de les guérir.

8vo: [4]-viii-[14]-334-[4] pp.

Contemp. mottled sheep (some scratches), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (head sl. def., joints sl. rubbed, red edges, marbled endpapers. Good copy.

First edition of this work by the Dijon surgeon Leroux (1730-1802). He had the reputation of being one of the best practitioners of the time. He died poisoned by too high a dose of opium that he used to calm his kidney stone crisis.
Ref. Wellcome III:495. - Blake 266. - BnF.
Joined: Puzos, N. - Mémoires sur les pertes de sang et le lait répandu, ou Dépots laiteux. Paris, Boiste, Croullebois, 1801. 8vo: iv-141-[1] pp. (some spotting). Second edition. Mod. black cloth binding. - Leroy, A.L.V. - Leçons sur les pertes de sang, pendant la grossesse, lors et à la suite de l'accouchement; sur les fausses couches et sur toutes les hémorrhagies. Paris, Méquignon, 1801. 8vo: 104 pp. Mod. black cloth binding. Second issue in the same year of the original. Ref. BnF. - Wellcome III:496. (3 vol.)