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HOFFMANN, Friedrich (1660-1742). A collection of his works: Medicina Consultatoria, worinnen Unterschiedliche ueber einige schwehre Casus ausgearbeitete Consilia . Halle, 1721-38. 12 parts in 6 volumes. -- Consultationum et responsorum medicinalium centuria prima complectens morbos capitis et pectoris . Frankfurt am Main, 1734-35. 2 volumes. -- Opuscula medico-practica seu dissertationes selectiores . Halle, 1736. -- Observationum physico-chymicarum selectiorum libri iii . Halle, 1736. -- Opuscula pathologico practica seu dissertationes selectiores... Halle, 1738. -- Opuscula medica varii argumenti seu dissertationes selectiores . Halle, 1739. Together 12 volumes, 4 o (210 x 166). (Some spotting and browning.) Uniformly bound in contemporary vellum over boards (worn). Provenance : Herbert McLean Evans (bookplates). A collection of early editions of Friedrich Hoffmann, possibly the most important of the latrochemists. Friedrich Hoffmann was one of the most distinguished physicians and chemists of his time, court physician to the King of Prussia and primatus professor of medicine at the University of Halle. He was the first to perceive pathology as an aspect of physiology. (12)