MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771). De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque . Venice: Remondini, 1761. 2 volumes in one, 2 o (370 x 235). Half-title, engraved portrait, engraved title vignettes, first title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces (some light foxing and dampstaining, mostly marginal). Contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION OF A FOUNDATION OF MODERN PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. "Morgagni's contribution to the understanding of disease may well rank with the contributions of Vesalius in anatomy and Harvey in physiology" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Morgagni, Professor of Anatomy at Padua, used evidence from his experience and records of over 700 post-mortem dissections to establish a procedure for basing diagnosis and treatment on a detailed knowledge of the symptoms of common diseases. Dibner Heralds of Science 125; Garrison-Morton-Norman 2276; Grolier Medicine 46; Heirs of Hippocrates 792; NLM/Blake, p. 312; Norman 1547; PMM 206; Osler 1178; Waller 6672.
MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771). De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque . Venice: Remondini, 1761. 2 volumes in one, 2 o (370 x 235). Half-title, engraved portrait, engraved title vignettes, first title printed in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces (some light foxing and dampstaining, mostly marginal). Contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION OF A FOUNDATION OF MODERN PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. "Morgagni's contribution to the understanding of disease may well rank with the contributions of Vesalius in anatomy and Harvey in physiology" ( Heirs of Hippocrates ). Morgagni, Professor of Anatomy at Padua, used evidence from his experience and records of over 700 post-mortem dissections to establish a procedure for basing diagnosis and treatment on a detailed knowledge of the symptoms of common diseases. Dibner Heralds of Science 125; Garrison-Morton-Norman 2276; Grolier Medicine 46; Heirs of Hippocrates 792; NLM/Blake, p. 312; Norman 1547; PMM 206; Osler 1178; Waller 6672.
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