Observations Sur La Cure Radicale De Plusieurs Polypes De La Matrice, De La Gorge Et Du Nez Operee Par De Nouveaux Moyens Inventes Par M. Levret

Third edition, revised, corrected and expanded. Illustrated with 6 folding plates drawn by Levret, engraved by Mutel, depicting polyps, surgical interventions and obstetric instruments, which were modified and improved by Levret.
Contemporary full brown calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Foot headcap partially worn. Joint cracked at head and foot of upper board. One corner slightly bumped. An owner's name has been crossed out then torn from the title page, leaving a hole in the paper.
André Levret is certainly the most famous obstetrician of the 18th century, he improved its techniques and was appointed accoucheur to the court. This important publication deals with polyps, soft tumors affecting the mucous membranes, the first chapters dealing exclusively with the female genital apparatus, the anus and colon, the following ones with the nose and throat. It presents the practitioner's observations and interventions. This third edition is expanded with a supplement "which contains new methods of carrying ligatures into deep places,
theoretical-practical Reflections on the same subjects".