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214 - [MANUSCRIPT] - HATTÉ (François). Notebook of medical studies…
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[MANUSCRIPT] - HATTÉ (François). Notebook of medical studies. An interesting handwritten notebook by a learned provincial physician, compiled between the end of the Ancien Régime and the dawn of modern clinical medicine. c. 1781–1786. Small quarto volume (225 x 180 mm). Contemporary binding in fawn sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with panels featuring gilt metalwork. 1 f., 97 pp., 30 ff., 5 ff., 34 ff. Leather rubbed, top cap worn away, first joint split with play at the hinge. Scattered foxing, mainly at the edges of the leaves. Manuscript carefully written in black ink by François Hatté (Franciscus-Salesius Hatté), a graduate of the prestigious Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier, who subsequently practised in Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (Oise) and then in Compiègne. The collection brings together academic writings and practical observations, in Latin and French. The volume consists of four separate texts: .1. Thesis or medical study (Quaestio Medica) (97 pages), written in Latin between 25 May and 12 June 1782. This text is addressed by the author to his professor, Édouard-François-Marie Bosquillon (1744–1814), a renowned physician at the Hôtel-Dieu, professor of Latin surgery at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and royal censor. Fully in line with the theory of humours, which was still dominant on the eve of the Revolution, Hatté attempts to demonstrate that the liver is the primary source of most human diseases. 2. Early Essays (Tentamina Juvenilia) (30 folios), compiled during the year 1781. This collection of concepts in anatomy, physiology and pathology perfectly illustrates medical education in the 18th century. The final folio presents a passionate plea in favour of breastfeeding, emphasising the role of colostrum in the expulsion of meconium and condemning the use of paid wet nurses. 3. Study of a clinical case (5 pages), written at the end of 1783. In it, the author explains the benefits of lukewarm baths for treating fevers, drawing on the observation of a patient who recovered on the sixteenth day in Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in December 1783. 4. Study notebook (34 pages), written in Compiègne in 1786. It is divided into two parts: medical commentaries on various aphorisms by Hippocrates, followed by biographical notes on leading figures in medicine such as Boerhaave, Haller, de Sauvages and La Mettrie. A valuable insight into the training and practice of a provincial doctor in the late 18th century, offering a comprehensive overview of the legacy of Hippocrates and the evolution of medical thinking in the face of the clinical realities of the time. In good overall condition. Provenance: The practice of Dr André Gaultry, a doctor in Sens, Yonne, with his engraved bookplate (Senonensis).
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