Jean Louis Petit - Traité des Maladies des os - 1749

Rare illustrated collection from this pioneering edition in the history of surgery and orthopedics. The book, written in a methodical and scholarly style, systematically presents bone conditions—fractures, dislocations, cavities, tumors, and other pathologies—describing them with precise anatomical detail and proposing appropriate therapeutic methods based on clinical experience and direct observation.

Petit, who was the director of the Royal Academy of Surgery, developed a rational and experimental approach, seeking to codify surgical practices and embed them within a scientific framework, at a time when medicine was undergoing significant transformation.

This treatise is a major reference in the history of bone surgery, demonstrating the desire of a scholar to systematize knowledge, improve surgical techniques, and provide French medicine with a solid scientific foundation on the eve of the Enlightenment.

Jean Louis Petit - Treatise on Bone Diseases - 1749 - Volumes I and II - Guillaume Cavelier
(4), 340; (4), (2), 430, (2) Pages.

Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown leather, signs of use, wear on headbands and corners, a few minor wormholes, red edges, ornate spine with raised bands, and gilded titles and volume numbers.

Good interior condition, stains, pretty bands, works adorned with beautiful in-text and out-of-text figures.

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