A respected medical text, this is a complete two-volume Napoleonic-era edition of Pierre Lassus's Pathologie Chirurgicale, published in Paris in 1805 and 1806.

 

Lassus, a distinguished French surgeon and professor at the Paris School of Medicine, was among the leading medical authorities of his generation.

 

This substantial work surveys the surgical knowledge and practices of early nineteenth-century France, offering a fascinating glimpse into medicine during a period of rapid scientific advancement.

 

Retaining its original matching bindings and engraved portrait frontispiece, the set stands as an attractive and historically significant artifact from the formative years of modern surgery.

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