Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1563

JEAN BAPTISTE BOUILLAUD (1796-1881) Traité clinique des maladies du coeur. J.-B. Baillière 1835 Vol. I: [xxxiii] 534 pp., 2 fold. plates; Vol. II: 632 pp., 6 fold. plates. 20.5 cm.

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Other investigators had previously noted the relationship between rheumatism and heart disease, but Bouillaud was the first to demonstrate a "law of coincidence" which statistically confirmed the correlation. Also in this work is the first description of Bouillaud's disease (rheumatic endocarditis). The eight folding plates in this copy are in exquisite condition.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 2749; Waller 1350; Wellcome II, p. 211

Gift of John Martin, M.D.