TRONCHIN, (THEODORE) - "THE POITOU-COLIC"

De Colica Pictonum.

Genevæ, Fratres Cramer, 1757. Cont. boards. Light staining to upper corner on frontcover. XII,82 pp. A few scattered brownspots. On good paper.

First edition. "Tronchin, sometimes physician to Voltaire, showed that the so-called "Poitou-colic" was caused by drinking water which had passed through lead gutters. Tronchin introduced inoculation into Holland, France, and Switzerland; he was Boerhaave's favourite pupil and became a very wealthy practioner." (Garrison & Morton No. 2095). - Waller 9686.

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