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A treatise on fractures, luxations, and other affections of the bones / by P.J. Desault ... wherein his opinions and practice, in such cases, are stated and exemplified ; edited by Xav. Bichat ; with plates ; translated from the French, by Charles Caldwell, M.D. ; with notes, and an appendix containing several late improvements in surgery.
- Desault, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph), 1738-1795
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- 1811
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About this work
Also known as
Maladies des parties dures. English
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : Published by Kimber & Conrad ..., 1811 (Brown & Merritt, printers)
Physical description
398 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 24 cm
Series
Edition
Second edition.
Notes
Translation of: Maladies des parties dures, originally published in Paris in 1798 as pt. 1 of Desault's Oeuvres chirurgicales
The second edition "contains a correction of the only error ... which has been discovered in the first [edition]" - Pref. by the translator
Printer statement appears before date of publication on t.p
Contents are identical with those in the earlier edition (Philadelphia, 1805)
NLM copy imperfect: plates wanting.
NLM microfilm copy, made in 1958 from an original copy in the Cleveland Medical Library.
Film 633 reel 38 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 38, no. 656).
References note
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 656
Shaw & Shoemaker 22687
Reproduction note
Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1999. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
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This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)