Manuel des Pulmoniques; ou, Traite Complet des Maladies de la Poitrine

Leopold Auenbrugger, edler von Auenbrugg; Roziere de la Chassagne; Pierre Humaire

Paris: Humaire, 1770

12mo. Contemporary mottled calf binding. 5 raised bands, gilt ruled. All edges red. Good binding and cover. 2, 319, [1]; [2], 4, 60 [i.e. 62] pages. Clean, unmarked pages. 

·FIRST EDITION of Roziere's treatise on pulmonary diseases, containing the 1st French edition of Auenbrugger's 1761 Inventum novum, first describing thoracic percussion. Neither the original version in Latin nor Roziere's translation drew much notice, and Auenbrugger's discovery was largely ignored until publication of Corvisart's version in 1808. Norman 82.  Waller 8276; Wellcome II, 70, and IV, 584. ABPC 1982; Garrison Morton 2672 note.