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419 - 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH-LANGUAGE WORK. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS TWO WORKS BY THE FAMOUS FRENCH SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN Pierre Hunauld (1664–1728): DISSERTATION IN THE FORM OF A LETTER ON SMALLPOX AND ITS SPECIFIC REMEDY BY M. HUNAULD, ed. Paris: D. A. Pierres, 1747. This text is at the heart of the heated 18th-century debates in France concerning the treatment of smallpox (known at the time as “petite vérole”). ACCOMPANIED BY: ENTRETIENS SUR LA RAGE ET SES REMEDES, published in Paris by D. A. Pierres, 1746. These works are the definitive posthumous editions of Hunauld’s writings, edited and republished in Paris in the mid-18th century due to their enduring scientific value. The author belonged to a renowned medical dynasty and was one of the leading figures in French academic and clinical medicine between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Contemporary full-leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine. Colored edges. In 16° format. Volume in excellent condition. Rare in this edition. Ex libris stamped by G. B. Fossati. 371 pp.
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18TH-CENTURY FRENCH-LANGUAGE WORK. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS TWO WORKS BY THE FAMOUS FRENCH SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN Pierre Hunauld (1664–1728): DISSERTATION IN THE FORM OF A LETTER ON SMALLPOX AND ITS SPECIFIC REMEDY BY M. HUNAULD, ed. Paris: D. A. Pierres, 1747. This text is at the heart of the heated 18th-century debates in France concerning the treatment of smallpox (known at the time as “petite vérole”). ACCOMPANIED BY: ENTRETIENS SUR LA RAGE ET SES REMEDES, published in Paris by D. A. Pierres, 1746. These works are the definitive posthumous editions of Hunauld’s writings, edited and republished in Paris in the mid-18th century due to their enduring scientific value. The author belonged to a renowned medical dynasty and was one of the leading figures in French academic and clinical medicine between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Contemporary full-leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine. Five raised bands on the spine. Colored edges. In 16° format. Volume in excellent condition. Rare in this edition. Ex libris stamped by G. B. Fossati. 371 pp.
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