AUGENIO Orazio, Horatii Augenii a Monte Sancto in Gymnasio Patavino Medicinae Theoriticae Professoris, primarii, De ratione curandi per sanguinis missionem.

Horatii Augenii a Monte Sancto in Gymnasio Patavino Medicinae Theoriticae Professoris, primarii, De ratione curandi per sanguinis missionem.

Libri XVII. In duos tomos divisi: quorum prior decem, posterior septem continet. In quibus extirpatis erroneis opinionibus paßim hodie apud novatores Medicos vigentibus, omnia ad hoc argumentum pertinentia, secundum Galeni doctrinam explanantur. Cum indice duplici: Uno capitum, altero rerum copiosissimo. Hac editione quinta ab innumeris propemodum erroribus, quibus priores editiones scatebant, expurgati, & nunc primum in Germania correctiori typo decoratis. Francofurti 1598. apud heredes Andreae Wecheli, Claudium Marnium, & Ioan. Aubrium. (32.5 x 21 cm), f. [8], p. 532, f. [14], 2 portraits in copperplate, decorative initials, period perg. binding.
A work by an Italian physician on the methods of curing by bloodletting (according to the teachings of Galen, an ancient Roman physician who had a tremendous influence on the development of medical science in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance). Orazio Augenio (1527-1603) - Italian physician of the Renaissance era. He was a typical representative of medicine with a philosophical and naturalistic basis, but his works are characterized by astuteness and originality. His most important scientific achievements were related to fever, bursal stones, plague, neuropathology, pregnancy and bloodletting. Uncorrected dustwrapper, traces of flooding and underlining in the text on the initial pages, browning of the pages, missing pp. 121-132, 377-384, 391-394, sticker ex-libris and item description on the front pastedown, otherwise good condition. 9482/15