Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1610.5

P.J. (PIERRE JOSEPH) MANEC (1799-1884) A theoretical and practical treatise upon the ligature of arteries. Whitley & Booth 1832 First English Edition. 227 pages, 14 leaves of plates : color illustrations. 31 cm.

Manec was a surgeon at the Salpetrière hospital in Paris and at La Charité in the Burgundy region of France. He published around a dozen medical texts in his lifetime. This is one of the first English translations of his treatise on the ligature of arteries.

Cited references: Waller, 6210; Waller. P. 41 (v. IV)

John Martin, M.D. Endowment