The practice of physick, reduc'd to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and the hypothesis's of modern physicians. Intermix'd With many Practical Remarks upon most Distempers.

8vo. The practice of physick, reduc'd to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and the hypothesis's of modern physicians. Intermix'd With many Practical Remarks upon most Distempers. Together with several new and curious dissertations; Particularly of the tarantula, And the Nature of its Poison: of the use and Abuse of blistering-plaisters: of epidemical apoplexies, &c. Written in Latine, by Geo. Baglivi, M. D. Professor of Physick and Anatomy at Rome. First Edition in English. 8vo., full contemporary calf and rebacked spine with orig. spine laid-down, [16] 464pp. Featuring one plate of a tarantula. Bookplate on pastedown, name on title page with light foxing throughout. Edges rubbed, some soiling and markings to boards but o/w very good. Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707) was an Armenian-Italian Physician. A professor of anatomy and physician-in-chief of practical medicine at the Sapienza University, he quickly rose to one of Rome's elite physicians and medical scientists (Duneo, George: 'Giorgio Baglivi, a leading physician of his time.' Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities). This work on contains a dissertation of the Anatomy, Bitings, and other Effects of the Venomous Spider Call'd the Tarantula. (Blake: A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, p. 27; ESTC Citation No. N9782).…