ALIBERT, J.-L. Nosologie naturelle, ou les maladies du corps humain distribuées par familles. Tom. 1 (=all published). Paris, Caille & Ravier, 1817. (6), lxxxviii, 616 pp. W. 24 cold. engr. plates. Fol. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back. (Spine skilfully restored, a bit foxing in places).
Rare first edition of this ambitious and luxurious publication of which only the first volume appeared. With this work Alibert intended to describe the diseases of the human body classified by the name of the organ from which they originate. This first (& only) volume describes 10 families: Gastroses - Enteroses - Choloses - Uroses - Pneumonoses - Angioses - Leucoses - Adenoses - Ethmoplecoses - Blennoses. Alibert was chief physician at the Saint-Louis Hospital (1768-1837), first ordinary physician of King Charles X and founder of the French school of dermatology. - Cf. Waller 358 (3rd ed. 1838).€ 500
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