[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 Subjects 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 Subjects 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 (214 x 134 mm). 3 engraved plates by J.P. Vibert, after the illustrations in Laennec's De l'auscultation mdiate (library stamp on title and B3.) Contemporary half calf (rebacked in antique calf); modern cloth folding case. Provenance: Presented by Sir John Forbes to the University Library, Aberdeen (bookplate and cancelled stamp on endpaper).

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE TRANSLATOR. Contains 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 84.