Pouteau, La Taille au Niveau (lithotomy). 1765
La Taille au Niveau. Memoire sur la Lithotomie par l’appareil lateral, circonstances & dependances, avec addition de quelques nouveaux instruments pour cette operation. Par M. Pouteau Fils, Docteur en Medecine, Maitre en Chirurgie, ancien Chirurgien en chef du grand Hotel-Dieu de Lyon, de l’Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres & Arts de cette Ville; de celle de Rouen, & Correspondant de l’Academie Royale de Chirurgie. A Avignon, Aux Depens De L’Auteur. M DCC LXV (1765).
Quarto in 18th century full brown cats paw leather with red leather label and gold details on spine. Slight splay. Leather scuffed. Corners split. Some loss at head and tail of spine. Tops of joints cracking. Hinges cracking but strong. Marbled page edges and end papers. Prior penciled dealer notes on verso o fffep. Faint toning around edges of title page. Large margins. Minimal foxing. Clean, bright, and tight throughout. Two folding plates at rear.
Ffep, title (2) 116, 2 folding plates, rfep.
Not in Garrison-Morton or Heirs of Hippocrates.
“[Claude] Pouteau of Lyons (b. 1725) practiced Cheselden’s method [of lateralized lithotomy] and found difficulty in keeping the sound steady. To overcome this he attached to its handle a water-level which he called a “moderateur,” and the operation was referred to as “lithotomy with the level.” He claimed he lost only 3 of 120 lithotomy patients. (Murphy, pg 116/117; cites this 1765 book)
