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Dupuytren, Guillaume (1777 - 1835)
MÉMOIRE SUR LA FRACTURE DE L'EXTRÉMITÉ INFÉRIEURE DU PÉRONÉ, LES LUXATIONS ET LES ACCIDENS QUI EN SONT LA SUITE.
Paris, Chez Crochard, 1819.
4to. In: Annuaire médico-chirurgical des Hôpitaux et Hospices civils de Paris, 1, pp. 1-212.

Contemporary half calf, gilt-lettered spine slightly rubbed, marbled boards. One leaf (p. 121-2) torn without loss, 4 leaves repaired in upper margin without loss.
Item offered is Annuaire médico-chirurgical des Hopitaux de Paris, volume 1 [all publ.], complete, xii, 636 pp.
Contemporary gilt supra-libros on upper cover (withdrawn from the library of the Swedish Society of Medicine).

$ 1000

First edition. "Dupuytren's fracture, of the ankle, described in a learned 212-page review of ankle fractures, and of normal anatomy and function of the ankle joint. 'Of especial interest is the description of experimental fractures produced in cadavers to elucidate the mechanism of injury'(Peltier)"(Garrison & Morton). Includes contributions by Jean Louis Marc Alibert [1768-1837] (prurogo formicans), Marie Louise La Chapelle [1769-1821], (5 papers), Philippe Pinel [1745-1826], and Jean Etienne Dominique Esquirol [1772-1840] (De l'aliénation metale des nouvelles accouchées et des nourices).

* Garrison & Morton 4411.

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