POTT, PERCIVAL.

Abhandlung von dem Wasserbruche und andern Krankheiten des Hoden, seiner Häute und seiner Gefässe. Mit vielen Fällen erläutert. Nach der zwoten verbesserten und vielverhemrten Ausgabe übersetzt, von Johann Clemens Tode.

Kopenhagen, Johann Gottlob Rothe, 1770. Contemp. full calf. Richly gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. Spine a bit rubbed. Light wear to spine ends. (12),324 pp. Internally clean and fine.

First German edition of Pott's classical description of the hydrocele or watry rupture. Pott was one of the busiest and most famous surgeons in England during the middle of the eighteenth century. His surgical writings were wide-ranging and included descriptions of congenital hernia, lacrimal fistula, hydrocele, fistula in ano, and cancer of the scrotum in chimney sweeps.

Garrison & Morton: 4164 (the English original). - Waller: 7592.

Order-nr.: 46439