Original title :Bandage Herniaire. Autrefois Aujourd'hui 1899
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RAINAL Léon & Jules Frères. Illustrated by M. DE RUAZ. Masson et Cie, Publishers - Library of the Academy of Medicine. Paris, 1899, paperbound, quarto, approximately 28x20 cm, 324 figures interspersed throughout the text, engravings executed by M. de Ruaz from documents of the Bibliothèque Nationale, coat of arms of the Community of Gibeciers Faiseurs de Brayers, 348 pages. Book…
RAINAL Léon & Jules Frères. Illustrated by M. DE RUAZ. Masson et Cie, Publishers - Library of the Academy of Medicine. Paris, 1899, paperbound, quarto, approximately 28x20 cm, 324 figures interspersed throughout the text, engravings executed by M. de Ruaz from documents of the Bibliothèque Nationale, coat of arms of the Community of Gibeciers Faiseurs de Brayers, 348 pages. Book One: Autrefois (Formerly). Historical overview. Archaeological bandages. From Celsus to Avicenna. From Ali Abbas to Ambroise Paré. Hernia bandages in the 17th and 18th centuries. Bandage-maker corporations. Progress achieved in the 19th century. Book Two: Aujourd'hui (Today). The French bandage. Pads. Bandages for hernia point. Crural, scrotal, irreducible epiploic, inguinal in children, umbilical, abdominal, lumbar and other hernias. Radical cure of hernias. Hernia statistics. Application of bandages. Some supplementary uses of the bandage. Taxis. Modern fabrication. Ancient fabrication. Rare copy.