Dec 02, 2004 - Sale 2025

Sale 2025 - Lot 453

Unsold
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
LEVRET, ANDRÉ. Observations sur la Cure Radicale de plusieurs Polypes de la Matrice, de la Gorge et du Nez . . . Troisième Édition. 6 folding engraved plates. 40, 595, [5] pages. 8vo, contemporary mottled sheep gilt, spine ends chipped; contents toned. Paris: P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1771

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"In the present work, Levret describes the surgical techniques used to remove uterine and vaginal polyps and records his experiences in more than thirty cases. Some of the instruments he devised for this type of surgery were prototypes for instruments later used to remove polyps from the nose and throat"--Heirs of Hippocrates 861 (1749 edition).