Claude Pouteau - Mélanges de chirurgie - 1750

Claude Pouteau (1725-1775). Miscellanies on Surgery. Lyon, Geofroy Regnault, 1750, xii-526 pp.

One volume in-8vo (200×130 mm), full calfskin binding, ornamented spine with raised bands, red morocco title piece, marbled edges (period binding). Wear, epidermures (scuffs) and losses on the boards. Interior fresh, no foxing.

Original edition; well complete with the 5 folding plates.

Published in 1760 by the French surgeon Claude Pouteau, Mélanges de chirurgie is a collection of clinical observations and operative practices drawn from his experience at the Hôtel-Dieu in Lyon.

The work deals with a variety of surgical techniques, instruments, wounds and fractures, with a practical emphasis on healing. Pouteau presents advanced methods for the era and guidance based on direct observation of patients.