Jacques Daran - Composition du remède de M. Daran - 1780

DARAN, Jacques.
Composition of Mr. Daran’s remedy, esquire, ordinary surgeon to the King... The remedy he has practiced successfully for fifty years for the cure of difficulty in urinating... Published by himself; preceded by a preface... followed by a discourse on the theory of diseases of the urethra... New edition, enlarged with observations... With plates. [Joined to:] Addition to the first edition of Mr. Daran’s remedy against urinary reten­tion caused by obstructions of the urethra.

Paris: At Didot the Younger & Méquignon the Elder, 1780.
1 volume in-12 (approx. 17 × 10 cm), contemporary marbled morocco.

Contemporary full morocco with rich speckled hues. Spine with five compartments ornamented with gold-ruled panels featuring floral motifs and scrolls, leather title piece in red morocco bearing the gilded inscription “COMPO / DE / DARAN.” Original red edges.
Copy well preserved in its solid period binding. Usual wear, losses and rubbing on boards and spine caps. Gilding on the spine well preserved and bright. Fresh interior on period laid paper, enriched with a folding plate engraved out of text depicting the urological surgical instruments and probes of the period.

Edition of 1780 of this famous medico-surgical treatise written by Jacques Daran (1701–1784), eminent surgeon of the Hôtel-Dieu of Turin and then surgeon to the King of France. A renowned specialist in the urinary tract, Daran created a sensation in the Enlightenment era thanks to his secret remedy and his innovations in the treatment of urethral strictures and urinary retentions. This medico-historical work is accompanied by his detailed anatomical and surgical plates illustrating the probes he designed.