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LE BOË, Fr. de (Sylvius). Opera medica. Ed. nova cui acced. casus medicinales (…) excepit J. Merian. Utr./Amst. G. v.d. Water/A. Schelte, 1695. (8), 934, (26), 85, (9) pp. W. engr. fold. front.-portr. of the author. 4°. 19th c. hcf. w. black label, & mottled edges.
G-M. 2321 (first ed.): "Tuberculosis was known to the ancients only in its advanced form, and little progress was made in the knowledge of the condition until the time of Sylvius. He asserted that tubercles are often to be found in the lung and that they softened and suppurated to form cavities." - Joachim Merian’s contribution in this new edition is the publication of clinical case notes (1659–61) he had personally recorded from Sylvius’s teaching, now preserved under the title Casus Medicinales. - Waller 9429; Lindeboom 1942; BMN I, 59.€ 150
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