Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 956.6

M. (ANTOINE) LOUIS (1723-1792) Lettres sur la certitude des signes de la mort : ou l’on rassure les citoyens de la crainte d’être enterrés vivans : avec des observations & des expériences sur les noyés. Chez Michel Lambert, libraire ... 1752 First viij, 376, [8] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. 17 cm.

First edition of Louis’ first book on legal medicine & important for the discussion of drowning and resuscitation. Louis was an early pioneer of French medical jurisprudence & wrote a classic on the differential signs of murder and suicide.

See Related Record(s): 956.5

Cited references: Osler 3266; Waller 6031; Wellcome III p.550

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