Dissertação sobre o methodo mais simples, e seguro de curar as feridas das armas de fogo ….

Lisbon: Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1797. First Edition. Full contemporary sheep.. Fine.. 4to, xxvii, [1], 62, pp.

The first published work by this professor of surgery at the Royal Hospital of São José, Lisbon. It covers all aspects of treating bullet wounds: diagnosis, removal of foreign bodies, prognosis and treatment, with special sections on wounds in the head, chest, abdomen and extremities. In the introduction Almeida summarizes earlier works dealing with gunshot wounds, beginning with that of Vigo and including works in Spanish, Italian and English. Innocêncio I, 83; Blake, p.11; Wellcome II, 35 - collating as this copy. Ferreira de Mira, História da Medicina Portuguesa p. 280; OCLC: New York Academy of Medicine, Indiana University, National Library of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Universidade de São Paulo, Wellcome Library.