[AUENBRUGGER, Leopold (1722-1809)]. Original Cases with Dissections and Observations illustrating the use of the Stethoscope and Percussion in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest, also commentaries on the same Sujects selected and translated from Auenbrugger, Corvisart, Laennec and others. Translated into English from the Latin and edited by John Forbes (1787-1861). London: T. and G. Underwood, 1824.

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[AUENBRUGGER, Leopold (1722-1809)]. Original Cases with Dissections and Observations illustrating the use of the Stethoscope and Percussion in the Diagnosis of Diseases of the Chest, also commentaries on the same Sujects selected and translated from Auenbrugger, Corvisart, Laennec and others. Translated into English from the Latin and edited by John Forbes (1787-1861). London: T. and G. Underwood, 1824.

8o (227 x 140 mm., uncut). 3 engraved plates by J.P. Vibert, after the illustrations in Laennec's De l'auscultation mdiate. Contemporary blue boards, with later cloth spine; modern cloth folding case. Provenance: Chester Infirmary Library from H.T. Moor (ink inscription on title); Chester Library (bookplate); Thomas A. McGraw (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, containing the first (and only) edition in English of Auenbrugger's Inventum novum ("Treatise on Percussion of the Chest"), with Corvisart's commentaries followed by excerpts from Laennec's "Mediate Auscultation," as well as numerous case studies. Waller 3119; Norman 85.