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CAZENAVE, Pierre Louis Alphee.

Traité des syphilides ou maladies vénériennes de la peau, precedee de considerations sur la syphilis, son origine, sa nature etc.

Paris: Labé, 1843.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #004052

Two parts in two volumes (atlas and text volume). Atlas: large folio (525 x 340 mm); [4] pp. and 12 plates of stipple engravings by Annedouche, Choubart, Bocourt and others, printed in color and finished by hand, protected by tissue guards. Text volume: 8vo (220 x 146 mm); [8], 630 pp. Atlas in original publisher's printed boards (chipping of paper at upper part of lower board affecting printed border but not text, head of spine and border edges chipped with minor loss, paper spotted and soiled, boards bowed at foot, joint of lower board split at head). Text volume bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked spine with original lettering piece, red sprinkled edges (minor rubbing of boards and extremities). Letterpress leaves of atlas title and plate content browned, atlas title with a few tiny holes at fore-margin, the plates with minor faint spotting and finger-soiling but clean and bright throughout; tissue guards creased. Text volume with light even browning and minor occasional spotting mostly to final pages; lower blank corner of first ca. 40 text leaves with small waterstain. Provenance: Glasgow University (old bookplate to front pastedown of text volume). ----

FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE WITH THE TEXT VOLUME PRESENT. In 1843, the book Traité des syphilides ou maladies vénériennes (Treatise on Syphilis or Venereal Diseases) was published by Pierre Cazenave, a result of eighteen years of observation during which he was able to gather information on all the forms of the disease. The work consists of an extensive introduction followed by six chapters. The first chapter is devoted to general considerations, the second to analyzing the symptoms of syphilis (common, specific, and concomitant), the third to the causes, the fourth to diagnosis, the fifth to prognosis, and the sixth to treatment. With regard to therapy, it deals extensively with mercury in all its forms, but also includes arsenicals and other preparations. The work is illustrated with abundant and detailed clinical histories.
Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave (1795-1877) was a French dermatologist who practiced medicine at the Hospital Saint-Louis in Paris. In 1823 he was appointed interne to the hospitals of Paris, and in 1835 became professor to the medical faculty. At Hospital Saint-Louis, Cazenave was a student of Laurent-Théodore Biett, a physician credited for introducing into French medicine an anatomical approach for analysis of skin disorders. This analytical method was first developed by two English physicians; Robert Willan and Thomas Bateman. In 1828, with Henri Édouard Schedel, he published a book based on Biett's lectures and observations, titled Abregé pratique des maladies de la peau. The compilation was to become a highly influential dermatological work, being translated into a number of different languages. From 1843 until 1852, Cazenave was editor of Annales des Maladies de la Peau et de la Syphilis, a journal dedicated to scientific dermatology. Cazenave is credited with coining the term lupus érythémateux (lupus erythematosus). In 1844 he first described a rare dermatological condition known as pemphigus foliaceus (Wikisource).
Bibliography: Brunet VI, 7276. Querard II, 549. Vgl. Garrison/Morton 3990. - Visit our website to see more images!

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