Tableau historique des maladies internes de mauvais caractere qui ont afflige la grande armee...
Publisher Information: Berlin: Louis Quien, 1808.
Gilbert, Nicolas Pierre (1751-1814). Tableau historique des maladies internes de mauvais caractère qui ont affligé la Grande Armée dans la campagne de Prusse et de Pologne et notamment de celles qui ont été observés dans les hôpitaux militaires . . . viii, 134pp. Berlin: Louis Quien, 1808. 199 x 120 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards in antique style. Very good.
First Edition. Gilbert was a military physician who served in various campaigns during the Napoleonic wars, becoming principal doctor for Napoleon’s Grande Armée in 1813. In the present treatise Gilbert discussed the diseases that afflicted the Grande Armée during its Prussian and Polish campaigns in 1806-7, and compared the methods of treatment used by French and German doctors.
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