ROYER (Thomas)

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ROYER (Thomas)
Dissertation on enemas in general, and particularly on a new method of treating venereal diseases by this means. Third edition. Paris, Michel Sorin, 1778. In-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the center, smooth spine decorated, interior roulette, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Beautiful copy with the coat of arms of Gabriel de Sartine (1729-1801), lieutenant general of police under Louis XV then minister of the Navy under Louis XVI. The therapeutic treatise of Thomas Royer, former surgeon assistant-major of the camps and armies of the king, was first published in 1764 and 1767. We do not know if his anti-venereal enemas were a miracle cure or a quackery, but one thing is sure: Sartine, given his position, had to be informed of all questions and proposals related to public health in order to prevent or curb sanitary problems. Thus, Sartine took important steps in this direction when he was in charge of the police. His successor, Lenoir, is reported to have said: The credit for good modern establishments and wise reforms concerning public health belongs largely to M. de Sartine. It is reported that under his mandate as minister he had "rob Laffecteur", an anti-syphilitic syrup, put in the surgical box of each of the king's ships leaving the ports of France in order to treat those whose pox would break out at sea (cf. Maurice Bouvet, "Un remède secret du XVIIIe siècle : le rob Boyveau-Laffecteur" in Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 1923, n°39, p. 268).
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