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ANDRY, Nicolas (1658-1742). L'orthopdie ou l'art de prevenir et de corriger dans les enfans, les difformits du corps. Paris: La Veuve Alix, and Lambert & Durand, 1741.
2 volumes, 12o (161 x 93 mm). Engraved frontispiece and 14 engraved plates by J. Gulard after A. Humblot. (Some very minor burn damage to a few fore-margins at beginning of first volume and end of second volume.) Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt (a few minor repairs).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON ORTHOPEDICS. Andry was the first to name this specialty. "He advised attention to proper posture in the prevention and correction of spinal curvature; he had a practical knowledge of body mechanics. This is also the first book on diseases of children to include mention of chlorosis" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4301; Grolier Medicine 42; Heirs of Hippocrates 697; NLM/Blake, p. 15; Waller 418; Wellcome II, p. 45; Norman 55. (2)
2 volumes, 12
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK ON ORTHOPEDICS. Andry was the first to name this specialty. "He advised attention to proper posture in the prevention and correction of spinal curvature; he had a practical knowledge of body mechanics. This is also the first book on diseases of children to include mention of chlorosis" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4301; Grolier Medicine 42; Heirs of Hippocrates 697; NLM/Blake, p. 15; Waller 418; Wellcome II, p. 45; Norman 55. (2)