Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1366

RENé THéOPHILE HYACINTHE LAENNEC (1781-1826) A treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation. Desilver, Thomas; New York: Samuel Wood 1835 Translated . . . by John Forbes. From the 4th London ed. xliv, 675 [1] pp. 21.4 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1364

The fourth London edition of Forbes translation appeared in 1834 and this American edition was published the next year. Considerably enlarged from the first American edition (see No. 1365), the work now includes a biographical sketch of Laennec and Forbes notes that "the text is enlarged by the addition of numerous short passages and several entire cases, not translated in the former editions" (p. [xv]). Forbes has also added new material from the third French edition of 1831, as well as other notes and annotations from contemporary sources. The University of Iowa Libraries' copy is lacking the two plates that depict the stethoscope.

See Related Record(s): 1365

Cited references: Cushing L10 (1830 ed.); Osler 1324 (1829 ed.); Waller 5488 (4th London ed., 1834); Wellcome III, p. 429 (4th London ed.)

Gift of William B. Bean, M.D