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Laënnec, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781-1826) Traité de L'Auscultation Médiate et des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur.
Paris: J.-S. Chaudé, 1826.
Second edition, two thick octavo volumes bound in original publisher's paper wrappers covered in glassine (torn rather badly on the first volume), first volume broken into three pieces along spine; both volumes untrimmed, illustrated with four folding plates, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (2)
The second edition of Laënnec's groundbreaking work on his invention of the stethoscope contains pathological anatomy of the chest not included in the first edition.
