Author: HOPFF, J.W.- CROUP.-
Title: Abhandlung über den Croup, dessen Natur und sicherste Heilmethode.
Description: Hanau, Gedruckt bei G.Kittsteiner, 1808. 8vo. In original longgrained red mor., spine rounded and w. horizontal giltttooled lines, covers w. a single giltruled decorated floral roll. (Paper shelf mark on spine.). (VIII, 120, II pp.). (Lower cover some spots.). (Extra quality paper). Dedicated by Hopff to Napoleon, the final lines reading: 'Ich ersterbe in der tiefsten Unterthänigkeit Ew. Kaiserl. Königl. Majestät. allerunterthänigster J.W.Hopff'. Napoleon very much stimulated research into this disease, due to the fact that one of his brother's sons, Napoleon Charles, had died of Croup at The Hague [in 1807].

Keywords: respiratory medicine pathology Z10 bdrb2