[Urology] LE CAT, Claude-Nicolas Parallèle de la taille latérale [...] avec celle du lithotome-caché [...]. Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 8vo: xiv-pp. Contemp. mottled calf, triple gilt border on covers (corners rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed), marbled endpapers, red edges. First edition of this work on lithotomy by the French surgeon Le Cat (1700-1768). Ill. with an engr. title vign. and 7 engr. fold. pl. showing surgical instruments. He compares the method of using a lateral perineal incision to enter the bladder with other types of perineal incisions which often resulted in destruction of important anatomical structures. Ref. Blake - Wellcome III:- BnF. - COPAC. Prov. André Bréant (bookpl.).
[Urology] LE CAT, Claude-Nicolas Parallèle de la taille latérale [...] avec celle du lithotome-caché [...]. Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 8vo: xiv-pp. Contemp. mottled calf, triple gilt border on covers (corners rubbed), gilt orn. spine on 5 raised bands (joints sl. rubbed), marbled endpapers, red edges. First edition of this work on lithotomy by the French surgeon Le Cat (1700-1768). Ill. with an engr. title vign. and 7 engr. fold. pl. showing surgical instruments. He compares the method of using a lateral perineal incision to enter the bladder with other types of perineal incisions which often resulted in destruction of important anatomical structures. Ref. Blake - Wellcome III:- BnF. - COPAC. Prov. André Bréant (bookpl.).
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