Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1291

GASPARD LAURENT BAYLE (1774-1816) Recherches sur la phthisie pulmonaire. Gabon 1810 xxiv, 439 pp. 19.9 cm.

Bayle studied both theology and law before turning his attention to medicine. During his lengthy tenure as Army physician and later as physician to the Charité, he made numerous investigations into the nature of tuberculosis. Bayle recognized and described six different kinds of consumption, was the first to use the term "miliary" in describing small tubercles, and successfully related tuberculosis of the lung to the same disease in other parts of the body. His efforts culminated in the present work which is generally accepted to have been the basis of Laennec's research.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 2322; Waller 798; Wellcome II, p. 121

Gift of John Martin, M.D.