Histoire d’une Luxation de la Tete du Femur sur la Branche Ascendante de l’Ischion, vers son Union avec la Portion Descendante du Pubis,
J. D'AmblardParis and Bourges: Gaon and Bouguet, 1821.
First Edition.
21cm x 13cm. 52 pages, 1 folding plate. Wrappers. Text is in French.
History of a Dislocation of the Head of the Femur on the Ascending Branch of the Ischium, towards its Union with the Descending Portion of the Pubis, and Description of a New Method for Proceeding to the Reduction of this Kind of Displacement, followed by a slight overview of the state of Churugia among the ancients and up to the present day. Scarce French medical pamphlet with a folding plate illustrating repositioning of the femur.
Bound in plain wrappers backed with printers’ waste. The book plate of Dr. A. R. Hodgson, Hong Kong, to the detached wrappers upper panel and as a frontispiece. Binding extremely tender. Inscription and wax seal to somewhat chipped and soiled half-title. Moderate foxing. Fair Condition.
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