LE DRAN, Henry François. Parallèle des différentes manières de tirer la pierre hors la vessie suivi de la Suite du Parallèle. 1730.
LE DRAN, Henry François.
Parallèle des différentes manières de tirer la pierre hors la vessie suivi de la Suite du Parallèle.
Paris, Charles Osmont, 1730.
8vo (200x125 mm), (2)-vii-(3)-195-(5) pages and 6 folding plates / (6)-97-(3) pages and 2 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full sheep. Caps and corners formerly restored. Foxings.
First edition.
Henri François le Dran (1685-1770) remains famous for having perfected the methods and instruments for lithotomies, which consisted in reducing urinary stones to pieces in order to evacuate them from the bladder.
Followed by the "Continuation of the Parallel of the different ways of extracting the stone which is in the urinary bladder", Paris, Veuve Delaguette, 1756
The 6th plate of the first booklet (bearing the date 1749) comes, as we sometimes see, supplementing the original edition a posteriori.
references: Heirs of Hippcorates [807 : "In this work, he reviews the writings of his predecessors, discusses pelvic anatomy and pathology, describes his surgical techniques, and illustrates the instruments used to perform lithotomy."].
Price : 450 €