Three Rare Treatises: Rabies, Breast-Feeding, Public Health

Observations sur la nature et sur le Traitement de la Rage ….

Yverdon …et Paris: P. Fr. Didot le jeune… and Méquignon l’aîné, 1779.

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About the item

First edition. xii, 130, (2) pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Three Rare Treatises: Rabies, Breast-Feeding, Public Health. Contemporary quarter leather and boards (slightly rubbed), fine copy bound with two other titles (see below). NLM 18th-C., p. 359.

Item #10470

Rare treatise on Rabies by this surgeon, physician (1742-1832), and author of several medical treatises, including a six volume History of Anatomy and Surgery (Paris, 1770-73). Bound with two other works:

(2) Levret, André (1703-1780). Observations sur l’Alaitement des Enfans…132pp. 8vo, Paris: Chez Méquignon, 1781. First Edition. Rare work by this obstetrician and pediatrician, who according to Garrison-Morton, “improved the obstetric forceps, [and] was a famous teacher in Paris.” Not in NLM; not in NUC nor RLIN.

(3) Maret, Hugues (1726-1786). Mémoire dans lequel on cherche à déterminer quelle influence les mœurs des François ont sur leur santé…(4), 159, (3) pp. 8vo, Amiens: chez la veuve Godard, 1772. First Edition. NLM 18th-C., p. 287. Fascinating essay on a subject much in the news today.