Antonio Scarpa; M. Cayol [trans.] — Traite Pratique Des Hernies

Paris, Gabon, 1812 . First edition. Paperback. The first French language edition of Antonio Scarpa's authoritative medical survey of hernias, with the plate volume only of this work present here. In the original French.The first French language edition, translated from the original Italian by M. Cayol.Volume II only of this two volume work. The first volume is devoted to text, where present here is the plate volume.Illustrated with twenty-one plates, with eleven being engraved, and ten being outlines. Collated, complete.An authoritative discussion of hernias by Italian anatomist and professor Antonio Scarpa.Considered the authoritative work on hernias, the terms "Scarpa's fascia" and "Scarpa's triangle" of the thigh are both derived from this work. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Tape repair to back strip. Chipping and closed tear to wrap perimeters, with loss to head of fore edge of rear wrap. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Antoine Scarpa. Good .