Hecquet Philippe

Hecquet Philippe. The Brigandage of Medicine. Utrecht Corneille Guillaume Le Febvre, 1749. Third standalone part of the famous critical work on the methods of medicine by the celebrated French physician. The work represents an accusation against abuses of medicine with particular reference to brutal medical treatments such as the dangerous use of emetic tartar, the bloodletting of the foot, and mineral chermes. Beautiful full leather binding of the period. Gold inlay title on the spine. Spine with cords entirely decorated with gold friezes. Dimensions 17x10, pages 236. Excellent condition. Odier Louis. Lessons of Practical Medicine. Florence William Piatti 1815. Beautiful edition of the famous Enlightenment clinical manual by the renowned professor of the Academy of Geneva. The work collects a series of medical practice compendia for the sanitary officers of the Department of Léman, supplemented with therapeutic and pharmacological indications of the Enlightenment period. End collection of recipes of the era. Beautiful half-leather binding. Gold inlay title on the spine. Spine entirely decorated with gold friezes. Dimensions 20x14, pages 264. Excellent condition. Hartmann Philipp Carl. Institutions of General Pathology. Bologna Dall’Olmo e Tiocchi 1837. Famous historical medical treatise by the renowned Austrian physician. The work reflects the scientific and philosophical approach of the era to understanding the nature of disease before the advent of modern cellular pathology, using the relationships between the human organism, nature and the surrounding environment, congenital disposition, and the analysis of bodily functions. Beautiful full parchment binding of the period. Title in gold tassels and gold friezes on the spine. Dimensions 17x11, pages XX, 478. Excellent condition.

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