Paris, Masson, 1866.
Première traduction française de "Clinical notes on uterine surgery". Un travail pionnier sur le traitement de la stérilité, écrit à Paris où James Marion Sims (1813-1883) vivait en exil. "A revolutionary and controversial work, written in Paris while Sims was in voluntary exile because of the U.S. Civil War, and first serialized in Lancet, 1864-65. Includes, pp. 16-18, the description of Sim's duck-billed speculum. Also includes important and pioneering work on the treatment of infertility, including analysis of the conditions essential to conception, and record of a successful artificial insemination." Garrison-Morton 6057. Quelques rousseurs. Bel exemplaire, très bien relié. /// In-8 de (6), VI, 500 pp. Demi-chagrin vert, dos à nerfs orné. (Reliure de l'époque.) //// /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET