Helvetius Jean Adrien & Dominique Anel - Recueil des methodes aprouvee des ecoles de medecine pour la guerison des plus dangereuses maladies - 1720-1721

Collection of approved methods from medical schools for curing the most dangerous diseases attacking the human body, such as syphilis, by friction and sweating. Followed by The Art of Sucking Wounds Without Using a Man's Mouth, with a discourse on a specific method to prevent certain venereal diseases, newly invented.

299 + 117 + 90 + 3 table pages n.ch.

Two volumes in one, in-12° size, rebound in full calf from the period, with damaged headcaps, a slight crack starting at the hinges but the binding remains quite sturdy. Corners worn. Three plates outside the text. Numerous tailpieces. The last part includes 'L'Art de Succer les Plaies Sans Servir de la Bouche d'un Homme' and has a pale stain on about thirty pages in the lower third. Otherwise, no foxing.