WHYTT, Robert. Essai sur les vertus de l'eau de Chaux, pour la guérison de la pierre. 1766.
WHYTT, Robert.
Essai sur les vertus de l'eau de Chaux, pour la guérison de la pierre.
Paris, P. Fr. Didot, 1766.
12mo (165x95 mm), cxxvi-(2)-309-(3) pages and 1 folding plate. binding : Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in six compartments, title in gilt on lettering-piece.
New edition.
Translation in French by Roux of Robert Whytt's work on the use of lime water for the dissolution of bladder stones. The plate shows the instrumentation used to inject lime by natural means.