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[GOUT]. -- CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825-1893) and Andr Victor CORNIL (1837-1898). Contributions l'tude des altrations anatomiques de la goutte et spcialement du rein et des articulations chez les goutteux. Reprint from Comptes rendus des sances et Mmoires de la Socit de la Biologie, 3rd series, 5 (1863). Paris: Germer-Baillire, 1864. 8o. Lithographed plate, partly hand-colored. Modern gray boards, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: M. Hrard (presentation inscription from author on half-title "A mon excellent maitre M. Hrard hommage respectueux Cornil". FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, PRESENTATION COPY. An important description of renal lesions in gout. Garrison-Morton 4498; Norman 453. -- GARROD, Alfred Baring (1819-1907). La goutte, sa nature, son traitement et le rhumatisme goutteux. Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1867. 8o. 8 lithographed plates, 6 colored. Text illustrations. Contemporary red quarter morocco, mottled boards, gilt-lettered spine (extremities worn, boards scraped). Provenance: Mr. Laurent, Charcot's father-in-law (presentation inscription from the author on half-title " mon beau pre Mr. Laurent hommage bien affectueux M Charcot". FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, PRESENTATION COPY. Garrod's Nature and treatment of gout and rheumatic gout originally appeared in English in 1859. Norman 874. -- "Observations on certain pathological conditions of the blood and urine in gout, rheumatism and Bright's disease". In: Medico-chirurgical transactions 31 (1848), pp. 83-97; 37. London: Longman & others, 1848. 8o. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, gilt medallion on front cover (minor losses and wear to joints). FIRST EDITION, journal issue. "Garrod discovered that gout was caused by an excess of uric acid in the blood and was thus able to distinguish the disease from other forms of arthritis. His "thread test" for determining the presence of uric acid in the blood was one of the earliest bedside clinical diagnostic tests devised" (Garrison-Morton 4495); Norman 873. Together 3 vols., 8o. (3)

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[GOUT]. -- CHARCOT, Jean Martin (1825-1893) and Andr Victor CORNIL (1837-1898). Contributions l'tude des altrations anatomiques de la goutte et spcialement du rein et des articulations chez les goutteux. Reprint from Comptes rendus des sances et Mmoires de la Socit de la Biologie, 3rd series, 5 (1863). Paris: Germer-Baillire, 1864. 8o. Lithographed plate, partly hand-colored. Modern gray boards, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: M. Hrard (presentation inscription from author on half-title "A mon excellent maitre M. Hrard hommage respectueux Cornil". FIRST EDITION, offprint issue, PRESENTATION COPY. An important description of renal lesions in gout. Garrison-Morton 4498; Norman 453. -- GARROD, Alfred Baring (1819-1907). La goutte, sa nature, son traitement et le rhumatisme goutteux. Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1867. 8o. 8 lithographed plates, 6 colored. Text illustrations. Contemporary red quarter morocco, mottled boards, gilt-lettered spine (extremities worn, boards scraped). Provenance: Mr. Laurent, Charcot's father-in-law (presentation inscription from the author on half-title " mon beau pre Mr. Laurent hommage bien affectueux M Charcot". FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, PRESENTATION COPY. Garrod's Nature and treatment of gout and rheumatic gout originally appeared in English in 1859. Norman 874. -- "Observations on certain pathological conditions of the blood and urine in gout, rheumatism and Bright's disease". In: Medico-chirurgical transactions 31 (1848), pp. 83-97; 37. London: Longman & others, 1848. 8o. Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine, gilt medallion on front cover (minor losses and wear to joints). FIRST EDITION, journal issue. "Garrod discovered that gout was caused by an excess of uric acid in the blood and was thus able to distinguish the disease from other forms of arthritis. His "thread test" for determining the presence of uric acid in the blood was one of the earliest bedside clinical diagnostic tests devised" (Garrison-Morton 4495); Norman 873. Together 3 vols., 8o. (3)