This is one of Duval's first books on dentistry, presenting common complications of dental extraction and various methods of alleviating them. He collectively published more than twenty books, treatises and lectures on dentistry.

Jacques Rene Duval (1758-1854) was born in Argentan and studied in Caen before moving to Paris to attend the prestigious d'Alembert, attaining Master of Surgery in 1786. He reported to the Academie de Chirurgie in 1787 on a new dental instrument called the Universal Luxator. He was a member of the Societe de Medicine de Paris, Societe de la Faculte de Medicine de Paris, and Academie de Medicine.

Duval's wife's father was a dentist and inventor of a dental elixir, and her brothers were all dentists. His son-in-law and his grandson were both surgeons and members of the Societe.

Provenance: H S AYOVBVS blindtooled on lower right corner of inside of back cover.