J. Francis Churchill; J. N. Corvisart; Thomas Reid; Julien Bonnafox-Demalet - Phtisie pulmonaire et tuberculose - 1792-1864

Set of four ancient medical works, gathering studies devoted to pulmonary phthisis (tuberculosis), heart diseases, and medical treatments from the end of the 18th and 19th centuries.

This set presents a beautiful scientific and historical coherence, allowing the evolution of medical knowledge on pulmonary and cardio-respiratory diseases to be followed over more than 70 years.

1. Thomas Reid – Essay on the nature and treatment of pulmonary phthisis – 1792

Lyon, J.-B. Delamollière.

French edition translated by Doctors Dumas and Petit-Darsson, enriched with a preliminary discourse, notes, and a supplement devoted to the use of emetics.

Ancient work devoted to the causes and treatments of pulmonary phthisis at the end of the 18th century.

2. Julien Bonnafox-Demalet – Treatise on the nature and treatment of pulmonary phthisis – 1804

Paris, Crapart, Caille et Ravier, An XII (1804).

Original edition probably.

Medical treatise devoted to the study of pulmonary phthisis, its manifestations, and the therapeutic means employed at the beginning of the 19th century.

3. Jean-Nicolas Corvisart – Essay on diseases and organic lesions of the heart and great vessels – 1818

Paris, Méquignon-Marvis.

Third edition, corrected and augmented.

Important work of early cardiology, written by Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, famous physician of Napoleon I and a major figure of French clinical medicine.

4. J. Francis Churchill – On the immediate cause of pulmonary phthisis and tuberculous diseases – 1864

Paris, Victor Masson et fils.

Second edition.

Study devoted to tuberculous diseases and treatments with hypophosphites, illustrating the research and medical theories of the 19th century.

State of conservation

Four volumes in antique bindings of different colors, showing signs of use and some scuffing. Browning and time marks on some pages. Texts well legible on the photographed leaves.

Ensemble d’environ 2 500 pages (estimated, to be confirmed).

Historical and bibliophilic interest

Interesting thematic gathering of four medical works published between 1792 and 1864, including a treatise from 1804 in probable original edition.