[Infanticide. Autopsies] Chr. G. Büttner. Vollständige Anweisung

Wie durch anzustellende Besichtigungen ein verübter Kindermord auszumitteln sey, nebst acht und achtig beygefügten eigenen Obductions-Zeugnissen, zum Nutzen derer neuangehenden Aerzte und Wundärtzte. Königsberg un Leipsic, widow J.D. Zeisen and heirs J.H. Hartung, 1771, (16),137,(7),242 p., contemp. boards, 4to.

Some marg. waterst.; occas. foxed/ browned. Pagination of the second part skipping 136-137 as always. Boards worn along extremities and sl. stained. With owner's entry "F.F. Falck" in pen on upper pastedown. The first edition of this interesting early work on infanticide and how physicians can recognize it, a classic in the field. The 88 "Obductions-Zeugnisse" (autopsy testimonies) take in the part with 242 pages. Christoph Gottlieb Büttner (1708-1776), professor of medicine at Königsberg and founder of the anatomical institute there. He is considered one of the founders of forensical medicine.