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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1763

AMEDEE FORGET (1811-1869) Recherches sur les kystes des os maxillaires et leur traitement, suivies de considérations générales sur l'amputation de la machoire inférieure. Rignoux [1840] 87 pp. 24.3 cm.

This book on maxillary and mandibular cysts is probably the best-known work by Forget, a respected French surgeon who contributed a number of valuable papers on surgical technique and anesthesia. The book was submitted as his doctoral dissertation to the Medical Faculty of Paris.

Cited references: Wellcome III, p. 41

Gift of John Martin, M.D.

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