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Santorio Santorio (1561–1636); Quincy, John.
Medicina Statica: Being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius, Translated into English with large Explanations to which is added Dr Keil’s Medicina Statica Britannica with Comparative Remarks and Explanations. As also Medico-Physical Essays...
Publisher: Printed for W. and J. Newton et al, London;
Date of Publication: 1720
Stock Code: 12108
Second Edition. Octavo, pp., viii, 344, Medico-Physical Essays [24] Index, 116. With two plates of which one fold-out, plus decorative head- and tail-pieces throughout, seperate title to Medico-Physical Essays. Full contemporary calf with five raised bands and Cambridge style panels to boards with blind-stamped embellishments. Spine rubbed with slightly cracked joints but holding well; wear to spine tips and corners. Stain to front endpapers and prelims; very small scorch mark with associated minor loss affecting permargin only pp. 29-81, and some toning & offsetting. Generally a clean copy. Second printing of John Quincy’s translation, the English apothecary skilled in drugs and prescriptions, who died in 1722. The work of the Venetian physician Santorio, considered the father of experimental physiology, influenced Europe’s medical profession for generations One of the plates here depicts him in his famous balance chair. Chapters reflect the health concerns of the day, including gout and venereal diseases, and the Aphorisms contain much on perspiration, affections of the mind and sleep. £225.00