2 volumes.  lxviii, 576; viii, 692 pp. With frontis. portrait of Edu. F.M.A. Bosquillon and fold out plate of instruments. (8vo) 20x12 cm (8x5") original tree calf, black spine labels and gilt decorations and lettering.

French translation of Bell's work on venereal disease. Benjamin Bell of Hunthill  is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. He is commonly described as the father of the Edinburgh school of surgery, or the first of the Edinburgh scientific surgeons. He published medical works of significance, notably his surgical textbook,  A System of Surgery which became a bestseller throughout Europe and in America. His treatise on venereal disease was the first to suggest that syphilis and gonorrhea were different diseases, a hypothesis which was not accepted by mainstream medicine until many decades later. Bell's main contribution to surgical practice was his adage 'save skin', which led to improved rates of wound healing in operations like mastectomy and limb amputation. He was also an early advocate of routine pain relief in surgery.