[medicine Anatomy Surgery Urology Xavier Bichat] Desault - Surgical Works. Eo 3/3

DESAULT (Pierre-Joseph) - BICHAT (François-Xavier, published by). Surgical works of Desault or Table of his doctrine and practice in the treatment of external diseases [following:] Treatise on diseases of the urinary tract. In Paris, at C. Veuve Desault / Méquignon / Devilliers / Deroi, year VI / 1798 and year VII [1799] for the last volume. 3 vol. in-8 format (208 x 128 mm) of 1 fnfol., viii - 410 pp. and 2 ff. n.fol. ; 2 ff. n.fol. and 528pp. ; x - 332 pp. Period uniform bindings of fawn glazed half-calf, smooth spines adorned with double gilt fillets, stylized gilt wheels, large gilt fleurons, fawn morocco stamps, gilt title, gilt volume number in the center of a stylized gilt oval, yellow slices. First edition (including the third and last volume; which is very rarely found in its first edition). Complete set of the three volumes constituting it; covered with decorative bindings of the time. The book contains 8 (out of 9) pretty engraved folding plates. ''Famous chief surgeon of the Hôpital-Dieu in Paris'' (in Quérard), Dusault ''was a great surgeon, one of the first professors at the Ecole Pratique de Chirurgie. He made many suggestions regarding the treatment of fractures end dislocations and is one of the founders of modern vascular surgery. He was Bichat's teacher''. (in Garisson & Morton). ''This great surgeon, by his lessons, successes and his writings, greatly increased the luster of French surgery''. (in Monfalcon). ''It was Pierre-Joseph Desault who, by facilitating Bichat's beginnings, guided his destiny''. (in Famous Doctors). ''Desault is the creator of clinical teaching directed at the patient's bedside. He wrote little and to know his doctrine, we only have the Journal of Surgery and the Surgical Works; last tribute paid by the great anatomist to the memory of the one who was his master. (in Crehange). ''Chief surgeon at the Charité then at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, a famous professor and operator, Desault founded in France anatomy and the surgical clinic in the modern sense of these terms, popularized devices with continuous extension in the treatment of fractures and rubber catheters in urology, described several previously unknown pathological conditions and perfected the technique of several surgical procedures. He was the master of Bichat and Corvisart''. (in Loonie). Garisson & Morton, A medical bibliography, 5580 - Monfalcon, Summary of medical bibliography, p. 139 - Quérard II, Literary France, p. 494 - Bariéty, History of Medicine, p. 528 - Bouchet, The Spirit of Anatomy Lessons, p. 527 - Famous Doctors, p. 316 - Créhange, Old Books of Medicine and Pharmacy, p. 118 - Dumaître, History of medicine and medical books, p. 321 - Huard, Modern Surgery, p. 230 - Heirs of Hippocrates n° 1.052 - Bibliotheca Walleriana, 114 - Dezeimeris, II, pp. 55 to 60. Rare foxing in the text. Clear circle on the margins of a few leaves. Some foxing in the bodies of works; clear and scattered. Nonetheless, beautiful condition.