Author: RICORD, PH.
Title: Traité pratique des maladies vénériennes ou recherches critiques et expérimentales sur l'inoculation appliquée à l'étude de ces maladies, suivies d'un résumé thérapeuthique et d'un formulaire spécial.
Description: Paris, Libr. des sciences médicales de Just J. Rouvier & E. Le Bouvier, 1838. Large 8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemp. dark green half mor, spine in compartments, gilt. (IV, 808 pp.). G. & M. 2381 & 5202: 'Repeating Hunter's experiment, Ricord proved that syphilis and gonorrhoea were separate diseases. After Hunter he was the greatest authority on venereal disease.'... 'Includes the description of "Ricord's chancre" the initial lesion in syphilis. Ricord re-demonstrated the specific character of syphilis and divided it into the three stages, primary, secondary, and tertiary.': Waller 7974: Wellcome IV, p. 525: Heirs of Hippocrates, 1621: 'Ricord's descriptions of the 3 phases of syphilis and accompanying case histories remain as accurate today as when he wrote them.': Proksch II, 730 - 761: 'Beginning of the 5th period. Rocord'. Ricord (1800 - 1889), Professor and surgeon in chief of the 'Hôpital du Midi' for syphilitics in Paris from 1831 - 1860. Surgeon Royal to Napoleon and the Emperor. Brought the study of venereal diseases back to its scientific roots. Ricord's series of appr. 2600 inoculations in the years 1831 - 1837 were according to Proksch '... eine Grosthat in der Geschichte der Syphilidologie', worthy of recognition: Garrison, 'His treatise on the subject (1838) is memorable in the history of medicine for overthrowing Hunter's erroneous ideas as to the identity of gonorrhoea and syphilis, establishing the autonomy of these diseases.':

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