SKODA, JOSEPH Abhandlung uber Perkussion und Auskultation. Vienna: J.G. Ritter, 1839.8vo, quarter brown cloth over speckled boards, printed paper spine label. First edition. In this work Skoda "classified the various sounds obtained on percussion according to their musical pitch and tone... following Skoda's work, percussion at last gained general acceptance as a diagnostic procedure" (Garrison-Morton). Rubbing and wear to boards with some loss; spine frayed and torn; scattered brown spots.