BONET, THEOPHILE.

Mercurius Compitalitius sive Index Medico-Practicus. Per Decisiones, Cautiones, Animadversiones, Castigationes & Observationes in singulis Affectibus Præter Naturam et Præsidiis Medicis, Diæteticis, Cheirurgicis & Pharmaceuticis...Accessit Appendix De Medici Munere.

Genevae, Chovët, & Socij., 1682. Folio. Cont. full blindstamped vellum. First hinge professionally repaired. Halftitle and title in red/black with engraved vignette. (24),987,(15) pp.

Scarce first edition. Bonet was one of the founders of pathological anatomy and predecessor of Morgagni. He is specially known for his collection of pathological descriptions selected from the literature from the time of Hippocrates, but mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries. - Wellcome II:198. - Waller: 1276.

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