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HALLER, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Opuscula pathologica. Lausanne: Bousquet, 1755.
8o (207 x 131 mm). Title-page in red and black. 3 folding engraved plates and numerous woodcut headpieces (light browning at margins of plates). Contemporary paste-paper boards (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Maurits Robert Heynsius van den Berg (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, with sections on the female reproductive system, the respiratory system, and the circulatory system. Haller described case histories of autopsy findings for a variety of disease conditions including suffocation, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, and diseases of the pelvis, uterus, ovaries, and kidneys. Waller 4015.
8o (207 x 131 mm). Title-page in red and black. 3 folding engraved plates and numerous woodcut headpieces (light browning at margins of plates). Contemporary paste-paper boards (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Maurits Robert Heynsius van den Berg (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, with sections on the female reproductive system, the respiratory system, and the circulatory system. Haller described case histories of autopsy findings for a variety of disease conditions including suffocation, pleurisy, pulmonary tuberculosis, and diseases of the pelvis, uterus, ovaries, and kidneys. Waller 4015.