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PIORRY, Pierre Adolphe (1794-1879). De la percussion mdiate et des signes obtenus l'aide de ce nouveau moyen d'exploration, dans les maladies des organes thoraciques et abdominaux . Paris: J.S. Chaud; J-B. Baillire; London: Baillire; Brussels: Librairie mdicale Franais, 1828. 8 o (214 x 137 mm). 2 engraved plates, one folding, by Ambroise Tardieu (minor foxing to text). Original blue printed wrappers, uncut (losses and soiling to spine, minor spotting to front wrapper). FIRST EDITION. Piorry designed the pleximeter and the percussor, believing that each organ within the body had a particular sound. He also modified Laennec's stethoscope. An early development in the use of percussion and auscultation as diagnostic procedures. Garrison-Morton 2675; Norman 1709.