SKODA, JOSEPH. 1805-1881.


Abhandlung uber Perkussion und Auskultation. Vienna: Widow of J.G. Ritter von Mosle & Braumuller, 1839. 8vo (230 x 143 mm). Errata page at back. Publisher's printed green wrappers, untrimmed. Wear and soiling to wrappers, ink ownership inscription on front wrapper, scattered browning.FIRST EDITION of a classic treatise on diagnosis using Auenbrugger's percussion method, and the auscultation method pioneered by Laennec. Skoda's early clinical studies in these methods at the General Hospital of Vienna met with the disapproval of his superiors, resulting in a punitive transfer to the mental ward, but he persisted and was appointed professor at the medical clinic. Because he delivered lectures in German rather than Latin, he earned the admiration of his students and eventually the medical establishment. Garrison-Morton 2676; Norman 1953; Waller 8978.