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First edition of a thorough treatise on the use of opium

Name: First edition of a thorough treatise on the use of opium
SKU: 106

Price

€ 450,00

First edition of a thorough treatise on the use of opium, in which Brachet recommends prescribing high doses.

Jean Louis Brachet (1789-1858) did important research in the field of neurophysiology. A prolific author with keen observational powers, he used opium himself rather immoderately to alleviate the acute pains that probably resulted from stomach cancer.

Title

Jean Louis Brachet.

De l'emploi de l'opium dans les phlegmasies des membranes muqueuses, séreuses et fibreuses [...] suivi d'un mémoire sur les fièvres intermittentes.

Paris & Montpellier, Gabon; Bruxelles, dépôt général de la librairie médicale française, 1828.

Physical Description

8vo (21 x 13 cm). VII, [1 blank], 404 pp. Modern brown half morocco, with the original wrappers bound in. Some spotting throughout, else in fine condition.

References

Warings, Bibliotheca therapeutica II, p. 594; cf Walusinski, 'Jean-Louis Brachet (1789-1858). A forgotten contributor to early 19th century neurology in: Revue Neurologique (2015, Oct; 171(10)), pp.688-697.