SACOMBE, Jean-françois. Lucine française ou Recueil d'observ - Lot 288

SACOMBE, Jean-françois. Lucine française ou Recueil d'observations médicales, chirurgicales, pharmaceutiques, historiques, critiques et littéraires, relatives à la science des accouchemens. Published in Paris by Bidault in 1802. 2 volumes in-8, half taupe basane, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets. 566 pp. ; 574 pp. Covers and spines rubbed, small tears. Some foxing. Important treatise on obstetrics. Jean-François Sacombe, an obstetrician, is known for his fight against the practice of cesarean delivery. He defended midwives at a time when medicine was encroaching on their skills, increasing the practice of Caesarean sections, which were often fatal for the mother. An interesting treatise.