Alibert (j.-l.) - Treatise On Intermittent Pernicious Fevers. Caille And Ravier, 1809.

ALIBERT (J.-L.) - Treatise on intermittent pernicious fevers. Paris, Chez Caille et Ravier, 1809; in-8, XXXII-422 pp. + 5 folding plates, half-calf bottle green binding, decorated smooth spine, marbled edges. Fourth edition. The first plate is torn but present, restoration is anticipated. Jean-Louis Marie Alibert born in 1768 and died in 1837. He was a French physician, professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, chief physician of the Saint-Louis hospital, member of the Academy of Medicine and first ordinary physician to kings Louis XVIII and Charles X, he is considered the founder of dermatology in France. He was the first to publish a systematized description of many skin diseases in his Arbre des Dermatoses, inspired by botany. He gave his name to "Alibert's disease" or mycosis fungoides.