PETIT, JEAN LOUIS - "TOURNIQUET OF PETIT"

Dissertation sur la Maniere d'arrester le Sang dans les hemorragies. Avec la Description d'une Machine ou Bandage propre à procurer la consolidation des Vaisseaux, après l'Amputation des membres, par la seule Compression.

(Paris, L'Imprimerie Royale, 1733). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from "Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences. Année 1731". Pp. 85-102 and 1 engraved plate.

First printing of this importent paper, as the invention described represents one of the main advancements in the art and science of amputation in the eighteenth century. "Petit's tourniquet is considered by many sources to be one of the "most important surgical advancements before the advent of anesthesia.""

Order-nr.: 53204