HAMMOND, W(illiam Alexander) Traité des Maladies du Système Nerveux...Traduction Française Augmentée deNotes ed d'un Appendice par le Dr. F. Labadie-Lagrave. Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils Paris 1879 Orig. embossed pebbled cloth First edition in French. (6pp.total), xxiv, 1278, (2 advts.), 4 (advts.), 2 (advts.)4 (advts.), 8 (advts.), 3-8(advts.) pp. 116 figures in text. Thick 8vo. "The first American treatise on neurology. The original description of athetosis, sometimes called 'Hammond's disease', appears on pp. 654-62. During his tenure as Surgeon General of the Army during the U.S. Civil War, Hammond established the U.S. Army Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System."--see Garrison-Morton 4542, citing the New York, 1871 first edition. Corners bumped. Fore-edge foxed. An attractive, near fine, uncut and unopened copy. Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 1091    inquire

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