Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1454

FRANCOIS JOSEPH MOREAU (1789-1862) Traité pratique des accouchemens. G. Baillière 1841 [atlas, 1837] Vol. I: xiv, 564 pp. 20.5 cm.; Vol. II: 500 pp. 20.5 cm.; Atlas: 60 leaves of plates, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress. 43 cm.

The art of obstetrics was advanced considerably in nineteenth-century France, and Moreau, a member of the Medical Faculty of Paris, was one of its most active clinicians and writers. This exhaustive text treats the problems of pregnancy, normal and abnormal delivery, and anatomical anomalies of the newborn. The sixty full-page lithographs which complement the text are exceptional and beautifully preserved in this copy.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.