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Medical notes on climate, diseases, hospitals, and medical schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland;

comprising an inquiry into the effects of a residence in the South of Europe, in cases of pulmonary consumption, and illustrating the present state of medicine in those countries.

Stock Code 103721

London, Underwood, 1820

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Early account in English of the stethoscope. Inscribed at foot of title: 'To Hyett Esq / with author's compliments'.

Pages 153-59 contain an account of Clark's visit to the Hopital Necker in Paris, with a detailed discussion of the use of the stethoscope introduced by Laennec. René Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816 at the Hopital Necker.

Hyett (1795-1877), went on the Grand Tour and possibly met Clark on his travels.

First edition, 8vo, xiv, 249 pp., 2 folding tables, inscribed copy, contemporary half calf, marbled sides and edges, joints cracked, spine rubbed, a very good clean copy.

Provenance

Provenance: Painswick House (inscription to [William Henry] Hyett).

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Medical notes on climate, diseases, hospitals, and medical schools, in France, Italy, and Switzerland;

[LAENNEC, R.-T.-H.]; CLARK, James.

Stock code: 103721

$3,218.00

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