ARNAUD. Georges. Memoirs of surgery, with some historical remarks on the state of Medicine and Surgery in France and England. London. J. Nourse and Paris. Desaint. 1768. 2 volumes in-4, full mottled calf, spine ribbed and decorated, burgundy title-pieces. Minor worm damage to upper cover of first volume. First edition illustrated with 24 plates, including 2 fold-outs. Curious collection of 11 memoirs concerning: Birth Hernia; The Inconvenience of Descensions [of testicles] which happen to priests of the Roman Church; Local Differences of the Testicles; Observations on Aneurysms; Dissertation on Hermaphrodites... With a Discourse on Anatomy in French and English.

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