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![i} MEpIcINE—continued. Grismand. Sold by Richard Foster in Yorke, 1626 : £4 4s Sm. 4to. Modern half morocco. Woodblock decoration. S.T.C. (1926) 6441. Only three other copies mentioned. 170 De Graaf (Regnerus) Opera Omnia. Leyden, Ex officina Hackiana, 1677 £3 3s 8vo. Old calf. Fine engraved portrait of de Graaf and folding engraved plates throughout the book. De Virorum organis, etc.; De mulierum organis, etc.; Partium Genitalium Defensio; and De Succi Pancreatici natura et usu. At the end, Tractatus de Clysteribus and De Usu Siphonis in Anatomia. First collected edition of De Graaf’s work. ‘‘ Regner de Graaf demonstrated ovulation anatomically...he described the tubular structure of the testis. He also stucied the functions of the pancreas, and made an artificial biliary fistula. His name is preserved in the ‘‘ Graafian follicle.” —Power-Thompson. A really fine copy, with plates, text and binding in superb condition. 171 De naturae aliquot arcanis sympathiis et antipathiis insignibusque medicamentis libelli duo aurei. Bosphori [Ochsenfurt], Christophorus Justinus, 1622 12mo. Old calf. A rare book of secrets, medical and scientific, collected from mediaeval and other authors. According to Deschamps, it is the only book printed at Ochsenfurt in the province of Nurzburg. Blank cover of title torn. 172; Edrych (George) In Libros aliquot Pauli ~Aeginetae hyponemata quaedam, seu obser- vationes medicamentorum que hac aetate in usu sunt. London, Thomas East, 1588 £5 5s 73 Egidius Gorboliensis. Carmina uc wu. rum indicijs; edita ab excellentissimo domino magistro Egidio cum espositione et commento magistri Gentilis de Fulgineo noviter castigatis et pluribus in locis 15 that urine is a filtrate of blood secreted in the portal vein and vena cava. The commentator, Gentile da Foligno (died 1348), was the first to observe Gall-stones. Some contemporary anno- tations, but a sound copy. 174 [Falloppius]. Secreti Diversi et mira- colosi, racolti dal Falopia et approbati da altri Medici di gran fama. Venice, li Milochi, 1650 15s 8vo. Boards. A delightful book, full of absurd remedies, written in a familiar colloquial style. 175 Fernelius (Joannes) Jo. Ferneill Ambiana Medicina ad Henricum Galliarum regem. Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1554 £4 4s Folio. Original limp vellum. Woodcut por- trait of the author. Beautiful series of woodcut initial letters. First edition of an important work by one of the greatest French 16th century sur- geons, the teacher and inspirer of Vesalius. It contains sections on anatomy and physiology, generation, ‘‘ de hominis procreatione,”’ followed by a general section on pathology and methods of treatment. A magnificently printed book, worthy to rank with the finest editions of the medical classics. foetus liber in quo ostenditur animam rationalem infundi tertia die. Antwerp, Gulielmus a Tongris, 1620 £4 4s 8vo. Original limp vellum. First edition of an extremely rare work on embryology, by a Belgian doctor who studied under Aldrovandi. Fine copy from the library of Montesquieu. 177 Fioravanti (Leonardo) La Cirugia dell’ eccellen, dottore e Cavalier, M. d. Fior- avanti Bolognese, Distinta in tre Libri. Venice, Melchior Sessa, 1582 £1 Is 8vo. Limp vellum. Woodcut portrait of the author on verso of titile. Fioravanti was a vain bombastic pompous charlatan never tired of say- ing how wonderful he was and how lucky people were to be treated with his balm and his elixir. “Ce livre est, au jugement de Haller, une rapsodie informe, qui n’a guére de chirurgical que . le titre.” 178 Fogo (A.) Observations on the opinions peof ancient and modern physicians respect- | ing the nature and cuase of the Uterine discharge. Newcastle, Printed for the Author, 1803 7s 6d 8vo. Unbound. 179 Forestus (van Foreest) Petrus Observa- tionum et curationum medicinalium liber XXXII. de Lue Venerea. Plantin, Raphelengii, 1606 £2 1 8vo. Limp vellum. Forestus was a Dutch physician educated in Italy. Later on he prac- tised at Delft. Raphelengius married the elder Plautins’ daughters, and was printer for a while to the University of Leyden. Paper rather brown. A very rare early book on venereal disease. camerino artium et medicine professorem. Lyons, F. Fradin, 1505 £7 7s 8vo. Old binding covered with a fragment of MS. vellum, leather ties. Gothic letter, capital spaces. Uncommon edition of this medical treatise in verse, with commentary. The author, Gilles de Corbiel, Canon of Paris and physician to Philippe Auguste of France (1165-1213), based his poems on the pulse and the urine upon the Byzantine treatises of Theophilus Protospatharius, Captain of the Guard to the Emperor Heraclius (603-641)— these for tenturies upheld the Galenic doctrine Human Teeth, including a particular eluci- dation of the changes which take place during the second dentition and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth. To which is’ added an account of the diseases which affect children during the first dentjtion. London, Printed for Thos. Cox, 1809 ;£2 2s° 4to. Old boards, Jeather back. With 13-copper- plates.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33156840_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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