BEAUCHÊNE, Edme-Pierre Chauvot de. De l'influence des affect - Lot 135

BEAUCHÊNE, Edme-Pierre Chauvot de. De l'influence des affections de l'âme dans les maladies nerveuses des femmes, avec le traitement qui convient à ces maladies. Published in Amsterdam and Paris by Chez Méquignon l'aîné in 1783. In octavo / In-8 format (22cm). Duck blue boards. Smooth spine. Later binding. XVI-248 pages, pages uncut. Some marks on the boards, pages yellowed at the margins. New, revised and enlarged edition of Traitement des maux de nerfs des femmes enceintes. A guide to preventing disorders of the nervous system. "Chronic illnesses that have become so general have been the main object of my application". (The author in the preface). The second part of the book is devoted to "hysterical vapors... whose cause is inherent in the matrix": Beauchêne offers a description often taken up by medicine at the end of the 19th century. In good condition.