Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 815.7

RENé-JACQUES CROISSANT DE GARENGEOT (1688-1759) Traité des operations de chirurgie : fondé sur la méchanique des organes de l’homme, & sur la théorie & la pratique la plus autorisée. Enrichi de cures trèssingulieres, & de figures en taille douce, représentant les attitudes des opérations / par René-Jacques Croissant de Garengeot. Chez Huart 1740 2nd edition, reviewed, corrected, & augmented by the author. 3 v. : ill. 17 cm (12mo).

René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot was a prominent French surgeon who provided a number of surgical innovations. Garengeot was among the group of French surgeons who were aware of the significance of the lucid interval seen in head trauma, although Garengeot himself was not as clear about the importance of delayed symptoms. The plates include a number of surgical procedures including amputation techniques, surgery of the eye, along with an important early craniotomy procedure.

Cited references: Waller 3419 (unrevised 2nd edition); Wellcome III p.89

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