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TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS

TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS

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TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS: De morbo gallico [sic] liber absolutissimus a Petro Angelo Agatho Materate...Additus etiam est in calce de Morbo Callico tractatus, Antonii Fracanciani Bononiae in loco eminentis scientiae faeliciter legentis

by FALLOPIUS, Gabriel

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Two works in one. 4to. [vi], 64; 16, [2] leaves. Title page to each work. Three lovely woodblock text initials. Half-calf with paper boards; some leaves lightly water-stained along lower corners, otherwise an excellent copy.

First edition of two rare treatises on syphilis. "In this classic work on 'the French disease,' Fallopius wrote more knowingly of the Europe-wide scourge of syphilis than previous authors on the subject and was one of the first to oppose the use of mercury in its treatment." Posthumously printed, Fallopius (1523-1562) was a surgeon and professor at Ferrar, Pisa and Padua where he succeeded his own teacher Vesalius. He here asserts his belief that syphilis was brought to Europe from America by the associates of Columbus, and strongly recommends the use of guaiac wood for its cure, though he also mentions certain other remedies.

The second treatise on the same subject is by Fracanzano (1500?-1569), who became professor of medicine at Padua in 1539.

There is a variant issue of De morbo dated 1563 on the title (although the colophon is dated 1564). The two versions differ only in the resetting of the date on the title. OCLC locates 9 copies total of both variants in America.

Durling 1433 (Falloppio); 1628 (Fracanzano); Heirs of Hippocrates, 335; Wellcome, 2152 Wygant, p. 133

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS
Author
FALLOPIUS, Gabriel
Book Condition
Used
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Edition
FIRST EDITIONS
Publisher
Lucam Bertellum; Christopher Gryphium
Place of Publication
Padua
Date Published
1564
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
syphilis, communicable diseases, public health, 16th century medicine, italian imprints

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