Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 863

JOSEPH LIEUTAUD (1703-1780) Essais anatomiques. Chez Pierre-Michel Huart 1742 xxi [3] 724 [16] pp., 6 fold. plates. 19.4 cm.

Pathological anatomy in France is said to begin with Lieutaud, physician to Kings Louis XV and XVI. This practical text of anatomy stresses the clinical implications of various structures and has been called the first surgical anatomy. Lieutaud is especially known for his descriptions of the heart and its cavities and the structure of the urinary bladder, as well as for numerous corrections of anatomical errors.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 396; Waller 5815; Wellcome III, p. 516

Gift of John Martin, M.D.