214 - TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● *Elements of Hygiene, or On …
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TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● *Elements of Hygiene, or On the Influence of Physical and Moral Factors on Man, and the Means of Preserving Health*. Paris, Levrault, frères, Year X (1802). 2 vols. in-8°, xxxvj, 479, [2] pp.; 589, [1] pp. Half havana sheepskin with small ivory corners, long spine, title and volume numbers gilt, edges blue-stained. ●● Elements of Materia Medica. Paris and Strasbourg, Levrault, frères, Year XI (1802). 8vo, xxiij, 1 bl., 330, [3] pp. Fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated with double gilt folios, title page in blond morocco, edges marbled. (Contemporary bindings). ● Second edition, corrected, expanded and preceded by a historical note on the author’s life and works. ●● First edition of this posthumous work. A doctor, born in Besançon and qualified in Montpellier, he practised in Besançon and Strasbourg and ended his life as chief medical officer at the military hospital in Besançon. He was the first person in France to establish hygiene as a medical discipline in its own right. Handwritten bookplate of Jean-Baptiste THEVENON, doctor and mayor of Craponne, 1804. Some water stains.

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214 - TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● *Elements of Hygiene, or On … See original version (French)

214 - TOURTELLE (Etienne). 2 works. ● *Elements of Hygiene, or On …
See original version (French)