.jpg?w=1)
Details
CRUVEILHIER, Jean (1791-1874). Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. Paris: J. B. Baillière, 1829-1842.
2 volumes, 2o (453 x 295 mm). Half-title in vol II only, Table méthodique at front of vol. I, Table analytique at end of vol. II; 231 lithographed plates including 2 double-page plates (numbered doubly), of which most hand-colored, by J. G. Martin and A. Chazal (a few minor tears, some occasional pale spotting). Contemporary mottled caf, flat spines gilt non-uniformly (vol. II rebacked preserving original spine, bookseller's stamp at foot of second title). Provenance: Partis-Cougousse (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION (ONLY EDITION THUS ILLUSTRATED), OF THE GREATEST EARLY ATLAS OF PATHOLOGY. Pathology was not established as a special branch of medicine until the 19th century, and Cruveilhier was the first to occupy the chair of pathological anatomy at the Faculté de Médecine in Paris, founded by a bequest of his teacher Guillaume Dupuytren. His magnificently illustrated anatomical treatise was published in parts over a period of 13 years. It includes several discoveries credited to Cruveilhier, including the first description of multiple sclerosis, an early description of progressive muscular paralysis or atrophy (later known as "Cruveilhier's palsy" or "Aran-Duchenne disease" after the anatomists who separately described it at the same time as Cruveilhier), and the first descriptions of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and of ulceration of the stomach due to hyperacidity, both of which came to be known as "Cruveilhier's disease." Thanks to the accuracy of the fine illustrations, Cruveilhier's atlas "has become less dated than some more recent ones that make the most use of the microscope. That is why Virchow called himself Cruveilhier's disciple and why many of his findings remain valid" (DSB). Only one other edition of the atlas was published, an Italian translation published in four volumes from 1837 to 1841, illustrated with copies of the original lithographs, the original stones having apparently been destroyed. Garrison-Morton 2286; Heirs of Hippocrates 1479; Norman 538; Wellcome II, p. 412. (2)
2 volumes, 2o (453 x 295 mm). Half-title in vol II only, Table méthodique at front of vol. I, Table analytique at end of vol. II; 231 lithographed plates including 2 double-page plates (numbered doubly), of which most hand-colored, by J. G. Martin and A. Chazal (a few minor tears, some occasional pale spotting). Contemporary mottled caf, flat spines gilt non-uniformly (vol. II rebacked preserving original spine, bookseller's stamp at foot of second title). Provenance: Partis-Cougousse (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION (ONLY EDITION THUS ILLUSTRATED), OF THE GREATEST EARLY ATLAS OF PATHOLOGY. Pathology was not established as a special branch of medicine until the 19th century, and Cruveilhier was the first to occupy the chair of pathological anatomy at the Faculté de Médecine in Paris, founded by a bequest of his teacher Guillaume Dupuytren. His magnificently illustrated anatomical treatise was published in parts over a period of 13 years. It includes several discoveries credited to Cruveilhier, including the first description of multiple sclerosis, an early description of progressive muscular paralysis or atrophy (later known as "Cruveilhier's palsy" or "Aran-Duchenne disease" after the anatomists who separately described it at the same time as Cruveilhier), and the first descriptions of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and of ulceration of the stomach due to hyperacidity, both of which came to be known as "Cruveilhier's disease." Thanks to the accuracy of the fine illustrations, Cruveilhier's atlas "has become less dated than some more recent ones that make the most use of the microscope. That is why Virchow called himself Cruveilhier's disciple and why many of his findings remain valid" (DSB). Only one other edition of the atlas was published, an Italian translation published in four volumes from 1837 to 1841, illustrated with copies of the original lithographs, the original stones having apparently been destroyed. Garrison-Morton 2286; Heirs of Hippocrates 1479; Norman 538; Wellcome II, p. 412. (2)