Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 777

JEAN LOUIS PETIT (1674-1750) Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent. Chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune 1774 Vol. I: [10] civ, 407, 142 pp., front. (port.), 31 fold. plates; Vol. II: [2] viii, 560 pp., [12] fold. plates; Vol. III: [2] viii, 343 pp., [47] fold. plates. 19 cm.

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Petit was inventor of the screw tourniquet and developed many new and successful surgical procedures. He made significant improvements in the techniques for performing amputations and herniorrhaphy. Petit was one of the earliest to describe osteomalacia and was a pioneer in cholecystotomy. In Volume I of the present work is his account of the first successful operation for mastoiditis (p. 153, 160) and in Volume II is his description of Petit's hernia and Petit's triangle in the region of the ilium (pp. 256-258). Among the many plates are a fine portrait of Petit and a depiction of his screw tourniquet.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 3357; Garrison-Morton 3577; Waller 7323

Gift of John Martin, M.D.