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[SCIENCE AND MEDICINE] - DUPUYTREN Guillame (1777 - 1835) - 1836. A Revolutionary Surgical Book For The Removal Of Bladder Stone - Dupuytren, Guillame. ”Mémoire sur une manière nouvelle de pratiquer l’opération de la pierre” («Memoir on a New Method of Performing the Stone Operation»). Paris, Baillière, 1836. Elephant folio (610x460 mm), original sugar paper blue printed paperboards, ff. [78]. 10 lithographed plates after drawings by Jacob reported on stone by Langlumé, of which 8 depict stages of the operation and 2 are devoted to the special instruments used, all life-size. First sumptuous posthumous edition of a revolutionary surgical book describing Dupuytren’s innovations in minimizing complications and reducing mortality rates associated with bladder stone removal, a procedure notorious for its difficulty and risk. His method involved improvements in the surgical technique, especially focusing on the perineal lithotomy approach, which targeted bladder stones through an incision in the perineum rather than through the abdominal wall. This technique was revolutionary for its time, emphasizing precise, less invasive methods and aiming for a faster recovery. Dupuytren’s approach and his tools became standards in urological surgery and influenced future practices in lithotomy and general surgery. Guillaume Dupuytren (1777 – 1835) was a prominent French surgeon and anatomist known for his pioneering work in surgery, especially in treating musculoskeletal and urinary conditions., completed and published posthumously in 1836 by his colleagues J.L. Sanson and L.J. Bégin, introduced a groundbreaking approach to bladder stone surgery (lithotomy). This publication, completed and published posthumously by his colleagues J.L. Sanson and L.J. Bégin, introduced a groundbreaking approach to lithotomy, solidified Dupuytren’s reputation and also contributed to the refinement of surgical methods. Dupuytren himself left a lasting legacy as a surgeon with multiple medical conditions named after him, including Dupuytren’s contracture, a hand deformity he extensively studied and treated. Condition: Usual light foxing but an unsophisticated copy in its first editorial binding, containing to the back cover the advertising with the list of the books published by Baillière. Provenance: Several not identified contemporary annotations to the upper cover. References: Heirs of Hippocrates, 1223. Not in Ellis, A history of bladder stone. Not in Osler, Wellcome, Garrison-Morton, Waller, Sallander and Benjamin. Hirsch II, 348: «Die von ihm begonnene Arbeit konnte Dupuytren nicht mehr vollenden und überließ deren Beendigung testamentarisch seinen Freunden und Schülern Sanson und Bégin». Castiglioni, pp. 717-718: «Fra i chirurghi francesi merita di esser nominato in prima linea colui che ebbe fama del più celebre operatore e del più acuto diagnostico del suo tempo: il barone Dupuytren (1777-1835) che fu primario dell’Hotel-Dieu e che raccolse intorno alla sua cattedra migliaia di allievi da tutti i paesi del mondo e, si può dire, tenne nelle sue mani lo scettro della chirurgia; uomo superiore anche per l’eloquenza e per la profonda e varia cultura, ebbe anche nella vita sociale del tempo notevole influenza. Egli fu uno dei più coraggiosi affermatori dell’importanza dell’anatomia patologica per la chirurgia». Sudhoff: «Guillaume Dupuytren, der genialste Chirurg seiner Epoche, meisterhafter Operateur, scharfsinniger Diagnostiker, einer der ersten, der in Frankreich die Ligaturen großer Arterien ausführte und den traumatischen Aneurysmen erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zuwandte, der 1822 die subcutane Durschschneidung des Sternocleidomastoideus vornahm, der das Enterotom zur Behandlung des künstlichen Afters und andere wesentliche Neuerungen empfahl». •⁠> This lot is located in and ships from Italy. An Italian export license is required prior to shipment, which may cause delays. The Auction House will take care of the export license at no cost to the buyer. Import duties and taxes in the destination country are the buyer's responsibility.