Bell/Bosquillon - Traité des ulcères - 1788

[BELL, Benjamin / BOSQUILLON, Louis-Jacques] Theoretical and Practical Treatise on Ulcers, Followed by a Dissertation on White Tumors of the Joints, And preceded by an Essay on the Surgical Treatment of Inflammation & Its Consequences. In Paris, at Théophile Barrois the younger, Bookseller, Quai des Augustins, No. 18, 1788. One volume in-8 bound in full brown morocco marbled calf of the period, with a spine featuring raised bands ornamented with gold fillets, a red morocco title-piece and red edges, the copy showing wear and signs of use at the headpieces, corners as well as on the boards. The interior houses the French edition of this treatise by Benjamin Bell, surgeon of the Royal Hospital of Edinburgh, translated from English on the fourth and last edition by Louis-Jacques Bosquillon, regent doctor of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, professor at the Royal College of France and royal censor, who has augmented it with notes and research on ringworm. The work also includes a plate engraved hors-texte illustrating the instruments and methods described, such as the curved director and the devices for the joints. Good copy.

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