SURGICAL MEMOIRS
OF THE
CAMPAIGNS

OF
RUSSIA, GERMANY AND FRANCE

BY
BARON D. J. LARREY

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
BY JOHN C. MERCER
OF VIRGINIA, STEDENT OF MEDICINE


Philadelphia
CAREY & LEA, CHESNUT STREET
1832

Rebound in plain grey buckram with black and gilt title label to spine. Measuring approx. 22cm x 14.5cm x 2.6cm. Couple of minor grubby marks. Small pale mark to spine, else in reasonably good condition. Internally there are more recent endpapers to front and rear. Pale foxing and toning throughout, patchy and heavier in places, see photos. Couple of brown marks where something has been stored. Pale stain to top corner of the majority of leaves and to the plates. The folding plate is worn, touch misfolded and is a bit frayed to edges. Odd small marginal nick and one leaf has small chip. Lacking two plates. Else overall in reasonable and firm condition for age.

There are three plates ONLY (one of which is folding).

[4] v-xi [I] I-293

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this important work on military medicine
PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA.

"Larrey was the greatest military surgeon in history, he invented the 'flying ambulance' for removing wounded soldiers from the battlefield. He performed some of the first amputations at the hip-joint, gave the first description of trench-foot and therapeutic effects of maggots on wounds and invented several surgical operations."

"Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey (1766 – 1842) was a French surgeon and military doctor, who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, he is often considered the first modern military surgeon, including is innovative ambulance, used to evacuate casualties from the battlefield "

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