DESGENETTES (René-Nicolas Dufriche, baron). Histoire médicale de l'armée d'Orient. Paris, Croullebois, Bossange, an X-1802. 2 parts in one volume in-8, half-black basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets (Binding circa 1840).
First edition, illustrated with a fold-out table.
While recounting a few rare personal memories, the Chief Physician of the Army of the East provides information on the various illnesses suffered by the army in Egypt, their causes, effects and treatment. [...] The second part contains various notes by army physicians containing their observations and experiences during the campaign (Meulenaere, pp. 70-71).
Some foxing.
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