LEROY (Alphonse). Médecine maternelle, ou l'Art d'élever et - Lot 56

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LEROY (Alphonse). Médecine maternelle, ou l'Art d'élever et - Lot 56
LEROY (Alphonse). Médecine maternelle, ou l'Art d'élever et de conserver les enfans. Paris, Méquignon, An XI - 1803. In-8°, xxiv, 442, [1] pp. line-engraved frontispiece with facing explanation. Fawn speckled basane, long ornate spine, beige morocco t.p., red edges (contemporary binding). First edition. Alphonse LEROY, a French obstetrician (1742-1816), performed the first symphysiotomy on a parturient on October 1, 1777, with SIGAULT, in her fifth pregnancy. He was appointed Professor of Childbirth at the Faculty of Medicine, then to the newly-created Chair of Obstetrics. Ex-libris THEVENON, Physician. Some wetness, small marginal worm gallery in the last quire, small accident to a spine.
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