Jean Dominique Larrey: ein Lebensbild aus der Geschichte der Chirurgie; nach seinen Memoiren entworfen
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 foot,' ... and devised several new operations" (GM 2160, describing Larrey's Mémoires de chirurgie militaire of 1812-17). Item #36076
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