Précis sur le tétanos des adultes

First edition (cf. Rozier 2031.)

Modern half-speckled brown calf over marbled paper boards, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, brown calf title label lettered lengthwise, bookseller's label pasted at the head of a pastedown. Born in Tours in 1750, Nicolas Heurteloup was appointed surgeon trainee on the island of Corsica in 1770.

In 1782, he was appointed chief surgeon of the hospitals of Corsica and, in 1786, was placed in charge of the military hospital at Toulon.

Chief physician in 1790 and principal army surgeon in 1795, he became Inspector General of the Medical Service in 1804 and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Grande Armée in 1808, succeeding Percy.

Created Baron in 1810, he relinquished his position to Larrey in 1812 and died the same year.

Numerous contemporary marginal annotations in black ink containing medical observations as well as references and source identifications cited by the author. The notes were folded inward to spare them from the binder's knife.