Traité pratique des rétrécissements du canal de l'uretère. Insc. to P. Ricord

Reybard, Jean François (1790-1863). Traité pratique des rétrécissements du canal de l'urètre. xxxi, 600pp. 2 plates. Paris: Labé, 1855. 219 x 133 mm. 19th-century half morocco, spine and corners a bit rubbed. Light toning but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed to Ricord on the half-title: "a Mr. le Dr. Ricord hommage de l'auteur Reybard." Stamp of the Hôpital Cochin on the half-title and one or two other leaves.

First Edition of Reybard's treatise on the surgical treatment of urethral strictures. Reybard is best known for performing the first intestinal resection for cancer; see Garrison-Morton.com 3447.