Hungarian Wine, Diabetes, Gall Stones, Dysentery, and More

[Collection of 18 European Medical Dissertations, 1689-1734, on Hungarian Wine, Diabetes, Nitre, Gall Stones, Dysentery, etc.]

Pp. [26]; [24]; 58; [16]; 40; 24; 20; 36; [36]; 60; 46, [4]; 24; 23; 34, [6]; 28, engraved plate, [4] ; 22, [1]; 32. 8vo, V.p., chiefly Basel and Leiden: 1689-1734. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards. Some minor soiling, generally very good. 14: Heading shaved throughout, E2v-E4 with partial loss of first lines. 17: Title leaf soiled and edgeworn, folded (NLM copy imperfect: t. p. closely trimmed with loss of imprint). 18: loosely inserted.

Choice compendium of medical writings, from the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer (JAMA 143:329) and founding editor of Preventive Medicine. Contents: 1. Harder, Christoph, 1686-1748. Dissertatio chymico-medica de nitro ejusque natura & usu in medicina ... Basel, Literis Jacobi Bertschii, 1708. 2. Vorster, Franz Sebastian, 1666-1738. Experimenta de pleuro peri pneumonia epidemica cum polypo cordis ... Basel, Typis Jacobi Bertschii, 1689. 3-4. Lavater, Joh. Rodolph. Nosographiae anhelantium pars prior [-posterior]. Basel, Typis Friderici Lüdii, 1714-5. (By the father of Lavater the physiognomist). 5. Hofer, Johann, 1669-1752. Disputatio medica inauguralis de hydrope uteri ... Basel, Typis Jacobi Bertschii, 1689. 6. Komáromy, János Péter, 1692-1761. Dissertatio physico-medica inauguralis de vino Hungarico Soproniensi ... Basel, Typis Friderici Lüdii, 1715. 7. Hermann, Johann Heinrich. Disquisitio medica inauguralis de hypercatharsi, crebo illo agyrtarum impune ubivis medicantium in corporis hominum producto ... Basel, Typis Friderici Lüdii, 1715. 8. Harley, Andreas. Dubitatio medica de methodo docendi medicinam mathematica ... Basilae, typis F. Lüdij, 1714. 9. Werther, Georg Christian. Dissertatio medica de abortu salubri ... Lipsiae, Typis Haeredum Brandenburgerianorum, 1707. 10. Sartorius, Friedrich. Dissertatio medica, de arte naturae aemula ... Lipsiae, Literis Fleischerianis, 1704. 11. Philippi, Johann August. Dissertatio medica de medicamentorum chymicorum et Galenicorum praepollentia dubia. Lipsiae, Literis Brandenburgerianis, 1706. 12. Segner, Johann Michael. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de principum militiam sequentium tuenda valetudine ... [Jenae, Litteris Mullerianis,] 1734. 12A: [Drop title:] Mercedem meritam cum dat tibi … [Latin diploma for Segner, with verses]. 13. Löber, Emanuel Christian, 1696-1763. Disputatio medico-practica sistens plethorae naturam ortum atque effectus ... [Jenae], Christoph. David. Werther, 1728. 14. Lankers, Abrahamus. Dissertatio medica inauguralis de diabete ... Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Isaacum Severinum, 1720. 15. Koch, Lotharius. Disputatio medica inauguralis de colica … Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Abrahamum Elzevier, 1704. 16. Scherb, Johann Georg. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de calculo in receptaculo chyli, hydropis causa ... Lugduni Batavorum, Ap. Conradum Wishoff, 1729. 17. Schuyl, Nicolaus. Dissertatio medica inauguralis de dysenteria ... Leiden, Ap. Ioahennem a. Kergkhem, 1728. 18. Hammerer, Johann Andreas. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de necessitate artis medicæ ... Halæ Magdeburgicæ: Typis Christiani Henckelii, Acad. Typogr., 1712 Six titles with single location in OCLC (NLM: 2,10,14, 16, Univ. of Mich: 8); no. 15 not in OCLC; most others located only in NLM & Wellcome. No. 6 not in Simon.

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