BERNARD, Claude Lecons sur les anesthesiques... Paris: Bailliere, 1875
FIRST EDITION., 8vo., viii, 536 pp. Plus 48 pp. of publisher's ads.
Text illustrations and tables. Original printed wrappers. Uncut and partially unopened., First edition of a milestone in the history of anesthesia. Bernard (1813-78) was one of the first to advocate an adequate oxygen supply during anesthesia, as well as the first to suggest pre-anesthetic medication with morphine and other central nervous system depressants. G&M, 5673.
$US800
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