Rare treatise on tetanus in America, inscribed by the author Manuscript "In favour of people of

"In favour of people of colour"

Suite des observations sur Saint-Domingue

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Rare treatise on tetanus in America, inscribed by the author Manuscript "In favour of people ofLouis Valentin (c. 1758 1829). Coup il sur les diffrens modes de traiter le ttanos en Amrique. Paris, Laurens an, 1811. 8. 62 pp. Sewn as issued, in original wrappers. Inscribed by the author to Dr Robert. Rare first edition of this important treatise on tetanus by Louis Valentin, formerly chief physician to the French armies in Haiti (Saint Domingue) and later director of the hospitals of Virginia. Valentin surveys the methods of treatment observed