POUTEAU, Claude. OEuvres posthumes de M. Pouteau. - Lot 514

POUTEAU, Claude. OEuvres posthumes de M. Pouteau. Published in Paris by Ph. - D. Pierres in 1783. In 3 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format. Half brown basane. Smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillets and fleurons, gilt author, title and tomaison. Yellow speckled edges. X-633 ; 536 ; 428 pages, 1 engraved portrait-frontispiece in vol. 1, title vignettes, headbands, lettering, and endpapers. Overall rubbed, one spine split in vol. 1, brittle spine on the first cover of vol. 3, a few tears on the boards, corners dulled. First edition of the posthumous works of Claude Pouteau (1724-1775), a French surgeon who practiced at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Lyon. Pouteau contributed numerous observations on cancer, and was the first to describe the fracture of the lower end of the radius with posterior tilt, published several decades before Abraham Colles' description, known as the Pouteau-Colles fracture. The Posthumous Works include detailed clinical cases, theoretical reflections on pathology and descriptions of surgical procedures. Very satisfactory set, uniformly bound. Clean, fresh interior.