Observations Flexions Scorbut Daprã Gnã by Balme (1 results)

First edition. [4], 31pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Parisian physician M. Hamon to title page. [Bound with:] [An unidentified French language article, likely an offprint from a contemporary medical periodical]. [Lyon. [s.n.], [1807]. 11pp, [1]. [And:] BALME, [Claude]. Procà s-verbal De la Sà ance publique de la Socià tà de Mà decine de Lyon, tenue le 14 juin 1810, et compte rendu De ses travaux pendant les deux dernià res annà es. Lyon. J. B. Kindelem, 1810. First edition. [4], 73pp, [1]. [And:] BALME, [Claude]. [Drop-head title:] Littà rature mà dicale à trangà re. Annotazioni medico-pratiche sulle diverse malattie trattate nella Clinica medica della R. Università di Pavia. [Lyon]. [Ballanche], [1808]. 16pp. [And:] BALME, [Claude]. [Drop-head title:] Rà pertoire de mà decine, ou Recueil d'extraits et d'indications de diffà rens Ouvrages allemands, anglais, français, italiens et latins. [Lyon]. [J. B. Kindelem], [1814]. 28pp. [And:] Rà pertoire de mà decine, ou Recueil d'extraits et d'indications de diffà rens Ouvrages allemands, anglais, français, italiens et latins. Lyon. J. B. Kindelem, 1814. xxiv, 136pp. [And:] BLAME, [Claude]. [Drop-head title:] Lettre de m. balme proprià tiare a oullins, a m. ferrez, Marie de la même Commune. [Lyon]. [Imprimerie de Boursy fiols], [1845]. 32pp. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled paper boards, ruled and lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed. Marbled endpapers, occasional light spotting. Bookplate of John Yudkin to FEP. A coherent sammelband of seven medical pamphlets by French physician Claude Balme (1766-1850) - notable for his service under Napoleon during the Egyptian campaign (1798-1801) - including a presentation copy of the first edition of his observations on scurvy which ran rampant among the French troops forming the garrison of Alexandria during the siege of the city by the combined armies of the Turks and English in 1801. John Yudkin (1910-1995), British physiologist and nutritionist, author of the highly influential Pure, White and Deadly (1972), the first publication to warn of the adverse health effects of increased sugar consumption.