DESAULT, Pierre. Dissertation sur la goutte, et la méthode d - Lot 205

DESAULT, Pierre. Dissertation sur la goutte, et la méthode de la guérir radicalement, avec un recueil d'observations sur les maladies dépendantes du défaut de la perspiration. Published in Paris by Jacques Guérin in 1738. In twelve / In-12 format. Brown speckled basane. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt title on red morocco. Gilt edges. Speckled edges. Contemporary binding. (1)-397-(1) pages, bands and initials. Rubbing, loose headpieces, browning on boards, dull edges, bare corners. Pages slightly browned. New edition of this medical treatise by Pierre-Joseph Desault (1747 - 1795), father of topographical anatomy and the teaching of clinical surgery in hospitals, whose name remains linked to a technique for bandaging the clavicle. His work deals in depth with gout, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the joints, mainly due to an accumulation of uric acid. Binding in satisfactory condition, interior very well preserved.