Les blessures de la moelle et de la queue de cheval

Roussy, Gustave (1874-1948) and Jacques-Jean Lhermitte (1877-1959). Les blessures de la moelle et de la queue de cheval. viii, 202pp. 8 plates; text illustrations. Paris: Masson et Cie., 1918. 186 x 123 mm. Quarter cloth, marbled boards, light edgewear. Very good. Several pages of manuscript notes laid in.

First Edition. On traumatic injuries to the spinal cord and cauda equina, the sack of nerve roots at the lower end of the spinal cord. Both Roussy and Lhermitte published extensively on their experiences with battle-related wounds during World War I.