Gelehrte und kritische Versuche einer Geschichte der GeburtshUlfe. . .

Two volumes. 209 x 127 mm. 8vo. xl, 536; xl, 575 pp. Headpieces, tailpieces; lightly browned, gutter of Vol. II wormed first 25 pages. Contemporary speckled paper over boards, red spine labels, gilt spine, edges red; spines chipped and wormed, corners showing. Crainz rubber stamps on titles. Very good. FIRST GERMAN EDITION of Sue's important medical-historical treatise on midwifery. Pierre Sue was the most outstanding member of the famous French family of physicians. He was an author, librarian, bibliographer, physician and surgeon. His inaugural dissertation for the degree in surgery, 1763, was a paper on the Cesarean operation. He was professor of surgery, and upon the death of Hevin succeeded him to the chair of therapeutics. In 1794 he became librarian of the Ecole de Sante, also professor of bibliography, and professor of legal medicine. His first literary medical publication was the translation of Gaubius' Pathologie, 1770, which replaced the pathology of Boerhaave. He also published medical anecdotes, biographies, and a nomenclature of medical dissertations. PROVENANCE: Professor Franco Crainz (1913-2004) Obstetrics and gynecology, university professor, took his medical degree in 1936 at the University Rome, the Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; he was Head obstetrics-gynecology Department, University Novara, Italy, 1956-1964, later becoming head obstetrics-gynecology Department, University Rome, 1972-1988. Crainz wrote on the history of medicine including a monograph: The Life and Works of Matthew Baillie MD, FRS L&E, FRCP, Etc. (1761-1823), [1995], and, An Obstetric tragedy: the case of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta : some unpublished documents of 1817, [1977], collected books & papers (mostly Italian & European) in the history of gynecology. Posthumously published was a paper with John Dewhurst, "Dr John Sims. A mystery solved", BJOG, 17 May 2005. Blake, NLM, p. 438; Hirsch, V, p. 578; Waller 15079. OCLC: 5 copies.

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Publisher: Richterschen, 1786-1787.

Year: 1786

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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