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Author: Pouteau, Claude
Title: Oeuvres Posthumes de M. Pouteau, Docteur en Médecine, Chirurgien en Chef de l'Hotel-Dieu de Lyon
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres
Date Published: 1783
Description:

3 volumes. [2], x, 633; [4], 536; [4], 428 pp. Engraved portrait in Vol. I. (8vo) period mottled calf, spines tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, marbled endpapers & edges. First collected edition.

Pouteau, a student of Petit and LeDran, became surgeon in chief at l'Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon, where he gained renown for his success in the operation of perineal lithotomy. He was distinctly ahead of his time with his emphasis on the need for cleanliness in hospitals and for proper disposal of soiled dressings. Blake p. 361. Wellcome IV, p. 426.

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Minor shelf wear, Vol. I with later paper spine label, old private rubberstamps to title pages; near fine.