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Scarce work on Tuberculsis by Gaspard Bayle

Title: Recherches sur la Phthisie Pulmonair
Author: Bayle, G[aspard] L[aurent]
Description: xxiv, 439 pp. (8vo) 8x5, period full calf with early rebacking. First Edition."Bayle recognized and described six different kinds of consumption, was the first to use the term "miliary" in describing small tubercles, and successfully related tuberculosis of the lung to the same disease in other parts of the body. His efforts culminated in the present work which is generally accepted to have been the basis of Laennec's research." - Heirs of Hippocrates, 1291. Garrison-Morton 2322; Waller 798; Wellcome II, p. 121.
Heading: Place Published: Paris
Publisher: Chez Gabon
Date Published: 1810