PHTHISIOLOGIA, SIVE TRACTATUS DE PHTHISI, IN III. LIBROS COMPREHENFUS, TOTUMQUE OPUS VARIIS.
London: Anisson & Posuel, 1718. Early Edition. Thick quarto. In Very Good condition. Dark burgundy leather with gilt lettering to embossed five-band spine. Moderate amount of soiling and fraying on boards and more shelf wear on spine with tiny tears at bottom and fraying on top. Textblock is clean though paper wavy with minor discoloration and offsetting on a few pages. Contains an insert "Synopsis Febrium" folded in four with a tear at center. Latin text in small print. Gilt edges (a bit dusty). GM consignment. Shelved in Case 10.
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NOTES
This is a scarce early edition (first published in 1689) of 7 works compiled in one volume as follows: Book One: Phtisiologia; Two: Tractatus de Morbis Universalibus Acutis; Three: Pyretologia sive Tractatus de Febribus Inflammatoriis; Four: Opera Medica comprising: de Morbis Acutis Infantum by Dr. Gualtero Harris; Hypotyposis by Dr. Gulielmi Cole; Dissertativncvla de Mechanica Ratione by Dr. Gulielmi Cole; Tractatus de Secretione Animale by Dr. Gulielmi Cole; Tractatus de Quibusdam Morbis Chronicis by Dr. Martini Lister; Tractatus de Variolis by Dr. Martini Lister; Processus Integri in Morbis Fere Omnibus Curandis by Dr. Thomae Sydenham; Morton is also known for his notes on “anorexia nervosa” and for his compassionate approach to therapy in the 17th century.;