Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 808

HENRI FRANçOIS LEDRAN (1685-1770) Consultations sur la pluspart des maladies qui sont du ressort de la chirurgie. Chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune 1765 xvi, 431 [5] pp. 19.5 cm.

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Le Dran was very active as a surgeon and had wide experience in the military service. In this work, which deals with a wide variety of surgical situations, he shows that his skill and innovative approach to surgical problems were almost unique for his day. Much of the book deals with what we would now call minor surgery: abscesses, urinary tract obstructions, burns, compound fractures, gunshot wounds, anal fistulas, and hemorrhoids.

Cited references: Waller 5668; Wellcome III, p. 473

Gift of John Martin, M.D.