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RAINAL Léon & Jules Frères. And illustrated by M. DE RUAZ.
The Hernia Bandage. Then – Today. By Léon and Jules Rainal Frères.
Masson et Cie, Publishers – Bookstore of the Academy of Medicine. Paris, 1899, paperback, in-4°, approximately 28×20 cm, 324 figures interspersed in the text, engravings executed by M. de Ruaz from the Documents of the National Library, coat of arms of the Community of Gibeciers Makers of Brayers, 348 pages. 

 I. Book One: Formerly. Historical overview. Archaeological bandages. From Celsus to Avicenna. From Ali Abbas to Ambroise Paré. Hernia bandage in the 17th and 18th centuries. Bandage Corporations. Progress made in the 19th century. II. Book Two: Today. The French bandage. The balls. Hernia tip bandages. Crural, scrotal, irreducible omental, inguinal, umbilical, abdominal, lumbar and other hernias. Radical cure for hernias. Hernia statistics. Application of bandages. Some supernumerary uses of the bandage. Taxis. III. Modern Manufacturing. IV. Ancient Manufacturing. 

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Masson et Cie, Publishers – Bookstore of the Academy of Medicine. Paris, 1899, paperback, in-4°, approximately 28×20 cm, 324 figures interspersed in the text, engravings executed by M. de Ruaz from the Documents of the National Library, coat of arms of the Community of Gibeciers Makers of Brayers, 348 pages.   I. Book One: Formerly. Historical overview. Archaeological bandages. From Celsus to Avicenna. From Ali Abbas to Ambroise Paré. Hernia bandage in the 17th and 18th centuries. Bandage Corporations. Progress made in the 19th century. II. Book Two: Today. The French bandage. The balls. Hernia tip bandages. Crural, scrotal, irreducible omental, inguinal, umbilical, abdominal, lumbar and other hernias. Radical cure for hernias. Hernia statistics. Application of bandages. Some supernumerary