Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2252

ANTOINE CHIPAULT (1866-1920) Chirurgie opératoire du système nerveux. Rueff et Cie 1894-1895 Vol. I: xx, 744 pp., 431 illus. (209 col.); Vol. II: [4] 799 [1] pp., 432 illus. (365 col.). 23.6 cm.

Born in Orleans, France and the fourth generation of his family to enter medicine, Chipault has left but few traces of his personal life. That he was an arduous and productive worker is well known and he made many special contributions to the art of his specialty by developing new instruments and operative procedures. Chipault recognized the necessity of removing the dura mater that was attached to an underlying meningioma and he devised small clamps for closing the scalp incision, modifications of which are still in use. He used wires and steel splints for fixation of the vertebrae in conditions of trauma or deformity; he pioneered an improved technique for laminectomy; and he developed a method of drainage for intracranial infections. The present work is the classic French neurosurgical treatise of the nineteenth century. It was an important step in the development of modern neurological surgery. A sound review of surgical anatomy of the nervous system, the two volumes are well illustrated, contain many graphs and charts, and an extensive bibliography.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.