LAVERAN, Alphonse || TEISSIER, Joseph. Nouveaux éléments de pathologie et de clinique médicales. 1879.

First edition.

The first volume deals with general diseases and those of the nervous system. The second deals with diseases of the circulatory system, respiratory and digestive systems, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and its annexes.
Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922) is a French military physician and parasitologist, pioneer of tropical medicine, known to have discovered, in 1880, the protozoan parasite responsible for malaria. For his research on the subject, he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine of 1907.
With Joseph Teissier (1851-1926), he wrote several medical treatises including "New Elements of Pathology and Medical Clinic", before his important treatise on Malaria.