OBSERVACIONES SOBRE EL CLIMA DE LIMA, Y SUS INFLUENCIAS EN LOS SERES ORGANIZADOS, EN ESPECIAL EL HOMBRE
Unanue, Joseph Hipolito
Published by Imprenta Real de los Huerfanos, Lima, 1806
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[18],9,cxcviii,[2]pp. plus two folding leaves of letterpress. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Rubbed at extremities, boards warped. Text heavily wormed. Light dampstaining and tanning. Poor. The first edition of the first treatise on hygiene in Spanish. Professor Unanue was famous in his time, and through his books his prestige reached Europe. In this book the author, who today would be considered a physician-hygienist, was very interested in diet, climate, the races that lived together in Lima, the typical diseases of the place, food, the methods of curing climatic illnesses, etc. There are also various references to wine as a curative throughout the text. Unanue's importance continues to this day, evidenced by the number of times he is cited in Aristides A. Moll's history of medicine in South America, ÆSCULAPIUS IN LATIN AMERICA (1944). Of great interest for the history of medicine and hygiene. MEDINA, LIMA 2013. VARGAS UGARTE 3281. PALAU 344286. OCLC 24379083, 253067222. Seller Inventory # WRCAM40920
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Publisher: Imprenta Real de los Huerfanos, Lima
Publication Date: 1806
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OBSERVACIONES SOBRE EL CLIMA DE LIMA, Y SUS INFLUENCIAS EN LOS SERES ORGANIZADOS, EN ESPECIAL EL HOMBRE.
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[18],9,cxcviii,[2]pp. plus two folding leaves of letterpress. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Rubbed at extremities, boards warped. Text heavily wormed. Light dampstaining and tanning. Poor. The first edition of the first treatise on hygiene in Spanish. Professor Unanue was famous in his time, and through his books his prestige reached Europe. In this book the author, who today would be considered a physician-hygienist, was very interested in diet, climate, the races that lived together in Lima, the typical diseases of the place, food, the methods of curing climatic illnesses, etc. There are also various references to wine as a curative throughout the text. Unanue's importance continues to this day, evidenced by the number of times he is cited in Aristides A. Moll's history of medicine in South America, ÆSCULAPIUS IN LATIN AMERICA (1944). Of great interest for the history of medicine and hygiene. MEDINA, LIMA 2013. VARGAS UGARTE 3281. PALAU 344286. OCLC 24379083, 253067222. Seller Inventory # 40920
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