Bibliotheca medico-practica, qua omnes humani corporis morbosae affectiones, artem medicam propriè spectantes, ordine alphabetico explicantur, ac enodantur ...
Geneva: Cramer & Philibert, 1739. Four volumes (volumes 3 and 4 in two parts each). Folio. [xii], 1082; [ii],980; [ii], 512; [ii], 742; [ii], 550; [ii], 627 pp. SECOND EDITION. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, spines in compartments with elaborate gilt decoration and spine labels; intermittent spotting and browning throughout, but overall a fine copy. Item #20108
Second edition. “Manget (1652-1742), a Swiss physician and savant, specialized in encyclopedic works and collections of the works of scientists and medical writers, but he also made some purely medical contributions, particularly on tuberculosis. The present work is an encyclopedia of practical medicine and surgery, arranged alphabetically by disease. Almost nothing is omitted, ranging as it does from abortus to vulnus, and including even stupidity!” (Heirs). Other topics include melancholy, lycanthropy, hermaphrodites, syphilis, molar pregnancy, tarantulas, angina, head ache, fever, plague, cardiology, hemorrhage, calculi, nephritis, gangrene, seizures, and hiccups. Manget cites experts from antiquity to the seventeenth century, including Galen, Hippocrates, Tulp, and Meekren. Of particular interest are certain prescriptions which include use of bezoars and human cranium as ingredients.
Blake, p. 285; Heirs of Hippocrates 683 (first edition of1695-1698); Wellcome IV, p. 42.
Price: $950.00