Auscultation and diseases of the chest, 1823-1830
By: R.T.H. Laennec
Publisher: Department of the History of Medicine, University of Buffalo
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Auscultation; Methods; Lung Diseases; Diagnosis
Notes: Cover title.

"Portions of Laennec's writings reproduced...Preface from the first edition (1819) and the introduction and Preliminary Essay from the third London edition (1830)..." -- Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

Originally issued: A Treatise on the diseases of the chest : in which they are described according to their anatomical characters and their diagnosis established on a new principle by means of acoustick instruments / translated from the French of R.T.H. Laennec ; with a preface and notes by John Forbes. 1st American ed. Philadelphia : James Webster, 1823.

Originally issued: A Treatise on the diseases of the chest and on mediate auscultation / by R.T.H. Laennec ; translated from the latest French edition with notes and a sketch of the author's life by John Forbes. From the third revised London edition with additional notes. New York : Samuel Wood & Sons, and Collins & Hannay, 1830.