Observations sur la maniere de tailler dans les deux sexes pour l'extraction de la pierre, pratiquée par Frere Jacques
A 1700 Paris surgical treatise by Jean Méry and Jacques Beaulieu, published by J. Boudot, presenting observations on bladder-stone removal techniques for men and women, written for surgeons and medical readers. Its pictures are engraved anatomical diagrams of the heart and great vessels, lettered with reference marks, plus small woodcut floral urns and carved ornament panels that a designer could use for botanical or classical decorative motifs.
