Pierre Dionis - Cours d'opérations de chirurgie...

Pierre Dionis (1643-1718). Course of Surgical Operations Demonstrated at the Royal Garden. Paris, Veuve d'Houri, 1777, xvi-724 pp. A volume in octavo (205x130 mm), full calfskin, decorated spine, title piece of black morocco (bindings of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and the spine, headcaps trimmed. Foxing scattered. New enlarged edition; with 18 plates hors-texte (including a frontispiece and a folding view of the Royal Garden) and 51 engravings in the text Pierre Dionis was a physician and surgeon to Queen Maria-Theresa of Austria. In 1712, he becomes physician and premier surgeon to the Dauphin, to the House of France and to several princes of the blood. In 1713, he becomes accoucheur to the Duchess of Berry. In 1715, he is summoned to the bedside of Louis XIV on his deathbed. In this work he presents a practical course organized into ten demonstrations, devoted to surgical operations and the instruments used. The lessons address different regions of the body and the corresponding operative gestures.

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