Considerationes Pathologico-Semeioticae, de Omnibus Humani Corporis Functionibus

Nicolas Francois Rougnon de Magny

Vesuntione, typis J.F. Couche, 1786

[French 18th Century Medicine : The History of Cardiology : Angina Pectoris] Two tomes in one.  Quarto, 26 x 20 cm.  Bound in contemporary gilt ruled calf over blue boards.  All edges blue. [2]-338-[1], III-[1]-442-[2]-XXIV p. Some foxing, generally sound.  Wellcome IV, p. 564; Blake, p. 389.  In De Magny's Lettre de M. Rougnon a M. Lorry printed in 1786 "Osler, Allbutt and several other authorities believe this to be the description of an authentic case of angina, thus preceding Heberden's classical account." Garrison Morton 2886.  Rare.