UP FOR AUCTION IS A FABULOUS RARE COPYRIGHT 1818 MEDICAL BOOK.. TITLED:"ESSAI SUR LES MALADIES ET LES LESIONS ORGANIQUES DU COEUR ET DES GROS VAISSEAUX" BY JEAN NICOLAS CORVISART DES MARETS.

3RD EDITION, PARIS; HALF-TITLE 8VO, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, REAR JOINT STARTING AT TOP UNCUT; CLOTH SLIPCASE WITH MOROCCO LETTERING PIECE. BOXED WITH TITLE (SEE PHOTOS).

IN THIS GREAT CLASSIC OF CARDIAC LITERATURE CORVISART FOR THE FIRST TIME SO ORDERED THE SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF HEAR DISEASE THAT DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN CARDIAC AND PULMONARY DISEASE WAS MADE POSSIBLE.   HE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY AND DILATATION, HE DIVIDED THE CLINICAL COUSRE OF CARDIAC FAILURE INTO 3 PHASES, AND  HE SHOWED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT IN VALVULAR DISEASE AND CARDIAC FAILURE. CORVISART WAS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN TO NAPOLEAN AND ENJOYED A CLOSE AND LOYAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

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