De Laesionibus Capitis Per Ictus Repercussos, Quos Resonitus Vocant : Theses Anatomicae Et Chirurgicae. Franciscus Chopart

In-4° broché, exemplaire dérelié, 17 pages. Rarissime thèse de doctorat de médecine de l'illustre chirurgien. François Chopart (1743-1795), né à Paris, devint chirurgien et anatomiste, élève d'Antoine Petit. Il fut prévôt du Collège de chirurgie et occupa la chaire de chirurgie. Il fut le plus ancien collaborateur et ami de Desault. Garrison & Morton, 4165.01 : "Chopart and Desault weree the founders of urological surgery [.]. 'Chopart published an outstanding textbook on urology.' (Desnos). ; Desnos, Histoire de l urologie, pp. 132-133, et Murphy, History of urology, 82, 87-88 ; M. Vandendris, About the Traité des maladies des voies urinaires by Chopart (1791), Eur Urol. 1976, 2, 108-9 : "This work, well put together and illustrated with numerous concise and carefully chosen observations, deals with the functions of the urinary tract, and also with the diseases of the system in relation to the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra {.].Chopart had a very modern attitude to certain surgical problems [.]. Chopart's treatise marks a turning point in the history of urology, and he inspired surgeons for many years; Because of him, and for the first time, urological surgery could be considered a complete science."; The Joseph H. Kiefer catalog of history of urology, 96.