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Medicina - Petit, Giovanni Luigi

Treatise on bone ailments, in which the devices and machines that are appropriate for their recovery are represented., 1793

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€ 200 - 300

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€ 243

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Venice, near Francesco Milli, 1793. In 12th, vols. 2. With 3 plates engraved on copper and folded several times f.t. depicting various types of bandages, bandages and orthopedic appliances, slight flourishes, coeval half leather binding, title and decorations in gold on the spine. 



Specialist Notes

Jean Louis Petit (Paris 1674 - 1750 therein), graduated in 1700, became a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1715 and director of the Royal Surgical Academy in 1731. He opened a private surgery school in Paris where his lessons, especially in traumatology they gained great fame. His most important research concerns haemorrhage and hemostasis, fractures, dislocations, lacrimal fistulas and Achilles tendon injuries. He designed and built a shower for the immobilization of the lower limb. He was the inventor of the tourniquet.

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