News on rescuing persons in a state of apparent death being, or in danger of sudden loss of life arranged in a manner accessible to everyone by the Medical Council of the Kingdom of Poland.

Warsaw 1839.

18.5 cm, pp. 78. leather binding.

First printing of the first Polish study of medical procedures in cases requiring immediate intervention, e.g. drowning, suffocation, freezing, being struck by lightning, apoplexy, burns, poisoning, with separately extensively described poisons and antidotes, etc.

Piece complete, preserved in very good condition, after conservation work, minor local discoloration of pages, minimal restorations of paper selected by woodworms in a few places. Ex. in a classic decorative leather binding, subjected to conservation and binding in the workshop of Antykwariat Polski.