Coup d'Oeil sur les Revolutions et sur la Reforme de la Medecine
first edition hardcover
1804 · Paris
by CABANIS, Pierre Jean Georges
Paris: Crapart, Caille, 1804. hardcover. very good. 438pp., several pages foxed, 8vo, 1/2 contemporary leather-backed boards, gilt spine. Paris: Crapart, Caille & Ravier, 1804. First Edition. Very good. First edition of the principal work of Cabanis the physician. "A history of medicine, retraced by Cabanis in the beginning of the book (chap. 2) allows him to affirm that the succession of nosological systems and the erroneous application of other sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematics) to medicine have discredited the art of healing." -- D.S.B. III, p. 2. (Inventory #: 262508)