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Richard C. Ramer Old and Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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4°, contemporary mottled calf (recased, relatively new endleaves; rubbed), spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, label missing from second compartment from head. Woodcut factotum. Occasional stains, a few signatures loosening, worming at inner margin, without loss. In good condition, barely. (1 integral blank, 9 ll.), 124 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of a work that far surpasses contemporary works on the subject, giving an exact account of the circulation of the blood. This manual for bloodletters includes sections on blood vessels, bloodletting for wounds and abscesses, types of leeches, and the dangers of bloodletting. Gomes Lourenço (1709-1800), a disciple of Santucci, taught surgery at the Hospital Real de Todos os Santos in Lisbon. *** Innocêncio I, 148; VIII, 156: without collation. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo da colecção portuguesa I, 168: calling for (14 ll.), 222 p. Pires de Lima, Catálogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto 2506: calling for 124 pp., no preliminary leaves. National Library of Medicine, Eighteenth-Century STC p. 278: an imperfect copy, lacking all after p. 122. Wellcome III, 551. Ferreira de Mira, História da medicina portuguesa p. 216, also 212, 213, 215, 217, 278. Porbase locates 2 copies, both at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. NUC: DNLM. Seller Inventory # 21675
Title: Arte phlebotomanica, anatomica, medica, e ...
Publisher: Na Officina de Pedro Ferreira
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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