A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R.T.H. Laennec ... ; translated from the latest French edition, with copious notes and a sketch of the author's life, by John Forbes ... ; from the fourth London edition, considerably enlarged and improved, with many additional notes and an extensive bibliography of the different diseases ; with plates.

  • Laennec, R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe), 1781-1826.
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A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R.T.H. Laennec ... ; translated from the latest French edition, with copious notes and a sketch of the author's life, by John Forbes ... ; from the fourth London edition, considerably enlarged and improved, with many additional notes and an extensive bibliography of the different diseases ; with plates. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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De l'auscultation médiate. English

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New York : Samuel Wood & Sons ; Philadelphia : Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1835.

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xliv, 675 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm (8vo)

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Translation of: Traité de l'auscultation médiate et des maladies des poumons et du coeur
Originally published, Paris, 1819, under the title: De l'auscultation médiate; title changed with the second edition to: Traité de l'auscultation médiate et des maladies des poumons et du coeur
Fourth London ed. published 1834
Translator abridged and condensed some parts of the French text. Cf. Translator's pref

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