Camille DESJARDINS
Mémoire sur un cas de dilatation variqueuse du réseau lymphatique superficiel du derme. Emission volontaire de lymphe ; lu à la Société de biologie, dans la séance du 13 mai 1854. Analyse de cette lymphe et réflexions, par M. le docteur Gubler, et M. Quévenne[Memoir on a Case of Varicose Dilatation of the Superficial Lymphatic Network of the Dermis. Voluntary Discharge of Lymph; read before the Société de Biologie at the session of 13 May 1854. Analysis of this Lymph and Reflections, by Dr Gubler and Mr Quévenne]
Thunot & Cie|Paris s. d. [1854]|15.2 x 23 cm|Relié
First edition, printed in a very small number of copies, of this offprint from the "Gazette médicale de Paris" for 1854.
Modern bradel-style binding in full boards covered with blue paper, smooth spine, brown shagreen title label laid down lengthwise with a small abrasion, signed Honnelaître.
On the half-title, a signed autograph presentation inscription by Camille Desjardins: "Offert à M. le professeur Moreau, membre de l'Académie impériale de Médecine, hommage respectueux de l'auteur".
This refers to the celebrated physician François Joseph Moreau (1789–1862), a specialist in gynaecology and close to the Orléans family, for whom he served as accoucheur.
As a medical student, Camille Desjardins was a native of the island of Mauritius
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