NÉLATON, AUGUSTE (1807-1873).

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NÉLATON, AUGUSTE (1807-1873).
Élémens de pathologie chirurgicale. Volumes IV-V edited by J.A. Jamain. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1844-1859. 5 volumes, 8°. Half-titles. Illustrations in the text. (A little spotted.) Contemporary roan-backed boards, the spines gilt in compartments (spines faded, lightly rubbed). (5)

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Scored-through 19th-century ownership inscriptions on titles.
Dr Charles Krafft (neat inkstamp on half-title of volume I, partially scored through).

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FIRST EDITION. 'Nélaton was a great teacher and operator at the Hôpital St. Louis. He invented several surgincal instruments. In vol. 2, p. 46 of the above work is to be found the description of ''Nélaton's tumour'' of bone, and on p. 441, ''Nélaton's line'' ' (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 5597; Waller 6830; Wellcome IV, p.220.

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