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RICHTER, Aug. Gottlieb. Medical and Surgical Observations by... Translated From the German.
Edinburgh: Printed For T. Duncan, and G.G. & J. Robinson, 1794. First edition in English. Tall 8vo., recently rebound in full brown panelled calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine label (after the period), (xx), (1)-336pp. With one plate as called for. Contemporary ownership signature on the title-page, some scattered foxing o/w fine.
August Gottlieb Richter [1742-1812] German surgeon. Among his better known writings was a seven volume work on the treatment of wounds, called Anfangsgründe der Wundarzneikunst. From 1771 until 1797, he was editor of the surgical journal, Chirugische Bibliothek. Richter did extensive research in the field of ophthalmology, publishing in 1773, an influential treatise on cataract extraction titled Abhandlung von der Ausziehung des grauen Stars. The eponymous "Richter's hernia" was first described by him. This disorder is a strangulated hernia in which only part of the circumference of the bowel wall is affected. With this type of hernia, there is an absence of intestinal blockage. In the above work which is arranged in twenty-five chapters, Richter draws on actual cases in order to outline a variety of diseases and their treatment. A piece in The Archives of Surgery (vol. 3, 1891) notes that the translator is Dr. Thomas Spens and comments that ‘some of the narratives are, however, of much intrinsic value, and they also afford good illustrations of the practice and doctrines of the day.'