HALLER, ALBRECHT VON. 1708-1777.


Opuscula pathologica . . . quibus sectiones cadaverum morbosorum potissimum continentur. Accedunt experimenta de respiratione. Lausanne: Bousquet, 1755. 8vo (204 x 135 mm). Title page in red and black with engraved portrait after the medal by J.M. Mörikofer, 3 folding engraved plates. Contemporary marbled boards, page edges untrimmed. Rubbed, spine label lacking, browning. FIRST EDITION. Consisting of reports of Haller's most interesting post mortem examinations, this scarce work includes a wide range of pathological observations. His classic studies on the role of the intercostal muscles in respiration are included. One of the three folding engraved plates is a large depiction of an aneurism of the ascending aorta. Haller first described the gradual changes that characterize the development of atherosclerosis in this work. Heirs of Hippocrates 884; Waller 4015; Wellcome III, p 199.