TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● Elémens d'hygiène, ou De l' - Lot 91

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TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● Elémens d'hygiène, ou De l' - Lot 91
TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● Elémens d'hygiène, ou De l'influence des choses physiques et morales sur l'homme, et des moyens de conserver la santé. Paris, Levrault, frères, An X (1802). 2 vol. in-8° of xxxvj, 479, [2] pp.; 589, [1] pp. half havana with small ivory corners, long spine, gilt title and tom. edges marbled with blue. ●● Elémens de matière médicale. Paris et Strasbourg, Levrault, frères, An XI (1802). In-8° of xxiij, 1 bl., 330, [3] pp. fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt foils, t. p. in blond morocco, marbled edges. (Period bindings). ● Second edition, corrected, enlarged and preceded by a historical note on the author's life and works. ●● First edition of this posthumous work. A physician, born in Besançon, graduated in Montpellier, he practiced in Besançon and Strasbourg and ended his life as chief physician of the Besançon military hospital. He was the first to introduce hygiene as a medical field in its own right in France. Ex-libris ms. of Jean-Baptiste THEVENON, physician and mayor of Craponne, 1804. Some wetness.
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