Res gestae – University of Paris Medicine – 1777 | First Symphysiotomy Report

Medical faculty of the University of Paris Faculté de médecine de Paris

Res gestae – university of paris medicine – 1777 | first symphysiotomy report | paris 1777 imprint recording the first symphysiotomy, with latin and french parallel text and sigault’s memoir, a landmark document in the history of obstetric surgery.

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Paris 1777 imprint recording the first symphysiotomy, with Latin and French parallel text and Sigault’s memoir, a landmark document in the history of obstetric surgery.

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Res gestae in saluberrima Facultate Parisiensi circa sectionem symphyseos ossium pubis is a 1777 first edition of the first successful symphysiotomy. Performed on Madame Souchot, Dr. Jean-Rene Sigault surgically delivered Souchot’s baby as an alternative means to the much more invasive and dangerous Caesarean section. This work is a short but important glimpse into the 18th-century developments in obstetrics.

The first part of the book is a Latin and French translation of the proecudre itself, and the second portion of the book is Sigault’s response and memoir concerning the operation.

Bibliographic Details

  • Title: Res gestae in saluberrima Facultate Parisiensi circa sectionem symphyseos ossium pubis, supra muliere dicta Souchot, celebratam
  • Author(s): Medical faculty of the University of Paris
  • Illustrator(s):
  • Contributor(s): Jean-René Sigault (Memoir)
  • Publisher: A Paris, Impr. de Quillau
  • Edition: First edition, 1777
  • Format: (4to), two parts bound as one
  • Binding: Leather, gilt stamp on front cover
  • Size:  10.5 x 8.25 in (26.7 x 21 cm)
  • Collation: Part I: 13 pp; Part II: 16 pp
  • Illustrations:
  • Contents Include:
    • Proceedings in Latin and French
    • Report of Madame Souchot’s operation
    • Memoir of Dr. Jean-René Sigault
  • Provenance: binding seal – FJ
  • Reference(s): references

 

Condition:

Bound in leather with gilt ornament to the front cover, secure and tight in structure, with minor rubbing along the edges and corners. The text is complete and well-preserved.

 

Why Collect This?

  • First recorded symphysiotomy in print
  • Parallel Latin and French text
  • Includes Dr. Sigault’s firsthand memoir
  • Important moment in surgical obstetrics

 

Item Number: # 29277

 

Categories

European History

Medicine & Science

Authors

Medical faculty of the University of Paris Faculté de médecine de Paris

Printing Date

18th Century

Language

Latin

Binding

Leather

Book Condition

Very Good

Collation

Complete

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