Mediate auscultation by inventor of stethoscope
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Author: Laennec, Rene Theophile Hyacinthe
Title: De l'auscultation me?diate, ou, Traite? du diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du cœur, fonde? principalement sur ce nouveau moyen d'exploration
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Chez J.-A. Brosson et J.-S. Chaude?
Date Published: 1819
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2 volumes. [4], [vii]-xlviiii, 456, [8]; xvi, 472 pp. Half-titles present. With 4 folding copper-engraved plates, all in Vol. I. (8vo) 20.2x12.3 cm (8x4¾"), period calf-backed boards with tree calf design, spines tooled in gilt, morocco lettering pieces; later cloth chemises & slipcase. First Edition.
Classic work by "one of the greatest physicians of all times" announces his invention of the stethoscope. His device provided the first adequate method of diagnosing diseases of the thorax and is still considered "the foundation stone of modern knowledge of diseases of the chest and their diagnosis"..."His invention of the stethoscope was the most important advance in physical diagnosis between Auenbrugger's introduction of percussion in 1761 and Roetgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895". HOH 1364; Norman 1253; Garrison-Morton 2673; PMM 280. Bookplates of Alfred M. Hellman.
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