A Sammelband of 19 items concerning the treatment and care of war wounded in the 19th century

  • Mid 19th century half leather.
  • Europe , 1855-1875
By MILITARY MEDICINE
Europe, 1855-1875. Mid 19th century half leather.. Very good.. Thick 8vo. A remarkable collection of uncommon works on military medicine in French, Italian, German, and Dutch covering gunshot wounds, hospitals, the Red Cross, Florence Nightingale, ambulances, first aid, etc. Several have the ownership marks of Felix Hippolyte Larrey and numerous presentation inscriptions from their respective authors.

The contents of the volume are as follows:
1] Charles Shrimpton - La guerre d'orient. L'armée anglaise et Miss Nightingale, Paris, Germer-Baillière, 1864, [4], iv, 68 pp., with an inscription from the baron Larrey at the foot of the title page; OCLC - NYAM.
2] Giovanni Melchior - Ferita da arma da Fuoco alla regione deltoidea ...., Milan, 1867, 6, [2] pp.; not in OCLC.
3] Henry van Holsbeek - Souvenir de la guerre franco-allemande. Consideration au point de vue hospitalier et chirurgical ... Deuxieme édition, Brussels, Muqardt ...., 1872, 71, [1 - blank] + large folding plate of a hospital/barracks; upper fore-corner of half-title torn away with some loss to the autograph presentation; OCLC - NLM.
4] Andre Uytterhoeven - Institution en Belgique d'une Société internationale et permanente pour concourir, en temps de guerre, au service de santé des armées, Brussels, 1864, 26 pp.; not in OCLC.
5] [Printed Form] - Bulletin d'adhésion ...., [Brussels, 1864], 1 leaf printed recto only; not in OCLC.
6] Onésime Lecomte - De l'exploration des balles dans les plaies par armes á feu des os et des articulations, Paris, Rozier, 1863, 58 pp. + plate; OCLC - BL only.
7] Marinus W C Gori - De militaire chirurgie en de geneeskundige dienst te velde ...., Amsterdam Post, 1875, viii, [1] - 63, [64 - blank] pp. with an inscription from baron Larrey at the foot of the title; not in OCLC.
8] Alfred-Auguste Touraine - Note sur quelques moyens de déligation chirurgicale tres utiles en campagne et quand on est privé des ressources de hôpitaux ...., Paris, Rozier, 1875, 28 pp. + 7 plates; not in OCLC.
9] Cesare Fumagalli - Aforismi di chirurgia militaire, Milan, 1866, 15, [1 - blank] pp., inscribed by the author; not in OCLC.
10] Amédée Tardieu - 8me ambulance de campagne ... Août 1870 - Février 1871 ...., Paris, Delahaye, 1872, 105, [3] pp. with an author inscription on the half title; OCLC - NLM.
11] René Briau - Du service de santé militaire chez les Romains, Paris, Masson, 1866, 96, [2] pp. with an insciption of baron Larrey at the foot of the title; OCLC - BL; Bodleian.
12] André Uytterhoeven - Encore un mot sur les moyens de porterimmédiatment ...., Brussels, Tircher, 1855, 24 pp.; not in OCLC.
13] Z. Merchie - Des secours à porter ...., Brussels, Lelong, 1855, 42 pp.; not in OCLC.
14] Wilhelm Roth - Militairärtzliche Studien ...., Berlin, Vossische Buchhandlung, 1864, 124, [2] pp. + 7 plates with an inscription from Larrey; OCLC - BL & RCS.
15] Arena Gaetano - Descrizione d'una vettura di ambulanza ...., Turin, Cassone, 1867, 11, [1 - blank] pp.; not in OCLC.
16] Anon. - Le présent et l'avenir du corps de santé des armées de terre, Paris, Bracke, 1860, 56 pp.; OCLC - BL.
17] Félix Rochard - Projet de creation d'une ambulance sur la Seine, 1871, [2], 28 pp. (lithographed?); not in OCLC. 18] Felix Rochard - Projet de création d'un hôpital sur l'eau, Paris, Renau et Maulde, 1872, 23, [1 - blank] + two large folding plates; OCLC - Yale, NLM, Wellcome & Chicago.
19] Benjamin Milliot - Du diagnostic et de l'extraction des projectiles ...., Paris, Asselin, 1872, 20 pp. + text illustrations; not in OCLC.

Details

Title

A Sammelband of 19 items concerning the treatment and care of war wounded in the 19th century

Author

MILITARY MEDICINE

Binding

Mid 19th century half leather.

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Europe

Date

1855-1875


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