Essai sur les maladies et les lésions organiques du coeur et des gros vaisseaux. .
Paris: Chez H. Nicolle, 1811. Second edition. Half-Leather with marbled boards, inside covers and endpapers. Octavo, pp. xlvi, 478. Very Good; light edgewear and scuffing to covers. Item #8876
Beautiful copy of a scarce and important book on conditions of the heart and major blood vessels. Corvisart is said to have been the first to describe heart symptoms comprehensively and accurately, the first to differentiate clearly between heart and pulmonary ailments, and the first to explain the mechanisms involved in heart failure. Corvisart (1755-1821) was personal physician to Napoleon and enjoyed a close and loyal relationship with him. This is a classic early work in the field of cardiology, and this edition is scarce in the U.S.
Price: $800.00