M. Chambon De Montaux - Des maladies des filles - 1785

A rare collection of this medical and educational work, divided into two volumes, which aligns with the health treatises of the 18th century, where medicine turned towards prevention and family education.

Chambon de Montaux, a renowned doctor for his writings on public hygiene, examines ailments specific to young girls, blending clinical observation, practical advice, and moral considerations.

The first volume addresses diseases related to growth, puberty, and physiological disorders, while the second focuses on more complex disorders, chronic pathologies, and the social implications of women's health.

The author emphasizes the importance of parental supervision, physical education, and moral discipline, reflecting the Enlightenment's sensitivity to both scientific and normative considerations.

This text illustrates the encounter between empirical medicine and social pedagogy, placing girls' health within a framework that is simultaneously medical, familial, and moral, and contributing to the history of preventive medicine and hygienist literature.

M. Chambon De Montaux - On the illnesses of girls - 1785 - Volume I and II - Rue and Hôtel Serpente
pages 335 to 359

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown leather, signs of use, red edges, smooth decorated spine, gilded titles and volume numbers on red morocco pieces, cold stamped borders framing the covers.

Good interior condition, some foxing, small vignette on the title page.

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