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CRUVEILHIER, Jean (1791-1874). Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. Paris: J. B. Baillire, 1829-1842.
2 volumes, 2o (471 x 306 mm). Half-title, subscribers' list, tables and lists of plates at end of each volume, general index at end of vol. 2; 231 lithographed plates including 2 folding plates (numbered doubly), of which 167 hand-colored, by J. G. Martin and A. Chazal. (Half-titles creased, occasional mostly marginal foxing, more substantial foxing to 3 or 4 plates, a few plates slightly darkened, occasional offsetting, tears along platemark of plate 1, part 7, small marginal tears to 3 plates). Contemporary half calf, green morocco spine labels (rebacked preserving original backstrips, rubbed). Provenance: Sir William Dun School of Pathology Library (inkstamps).
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 Facult de Mdecine 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; Wellcome II, p. 412; Norman 538.
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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 Facult de Mdecine 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; Wellcome II, p. 412; Norman 538.
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