Gynécologie

1897 · 58349 — Paris: A. Maloine 1897. First Edition. Octavo 24cm. Contemporary morocco over marbled boards; xii4631pp; illus; one photographic plate portrait; 52pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Gentle rubbing to joints and spine ends else a fine copy. Contemporary ownership signature of a C.H. Harbaugh M.D. datemarked Paris 1898. Text entirely in French.<br /> <br /> One of numerous contemporary treatises built on the therapeutic techniques developed by the Swedish obstetrician Thure Brandt 1819-1895. The Brandt Technique still in modified usage employed massage stretching and exercise both to aid in childbirth and as therapy for various female genital and gynaecological conditions. The current work compiled by the French obstetrician Horace Stapfer 1848-1913 is extensively illustrated - though for decency's sake the external manipulations are demonstrated on male subjects - and includes as its concluding section a full translation of Brandt's Traitement des Maladies des Femmes originally Behandlung weiblicher Geschlechtskrankheiten Berlin:1893. A handsome copy of a somewhat uncommon work. A. Maloine unknown