1766, ISBN: 8314395d108bb82ada6a089b0b811de9

Louvain: 'E Typographia Academica', 1766-67., 1766. 4 Volumes in 2. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., cxliii, 222; 2 p.l., 310; 1 p.l., 442; 1 p.l., 351. with half-titles. text in double columns. woodcut … Altro …

Louvain: 'E Typographia Academica', 1766-67., 1766. 4 Volumes in 2. 4to. pp. 2 p.l., cxliii, 222; 2 p.l., 310; 1 p.l., 442; 1 p.l., 351. with half-titles. text in double columns. woodcut title vignettes & several tailpieces. contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original gilt spines mounted, corners renewed (some scattered foxing, paper lightly embrowned - a few gatherings more heavily so). Fourth Edition of the "foundation of modern pathological anatomy". The work was first published in 1761, when Morgagni was seventy-nine years of age. "Vast in scope, it is one of the most fundamentally important works in the history of medicine. In it [Morgagni] reports in precise and exhaustive detail his findings in nearly seven hundred autopsy dissections, introducing and insisting on the concept that diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of disease must be based on an exact understanding of the pathologic changes in the anatomic structures. It put the final rout to the old humoral pathology. 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) "The book includes a number of brilliant descriptions of new diseases, some of which have remained classics until our own day, particularly those of the heart, blood vessels, lungs and throat. He described syphilitic tumours (guminata) in the brain, recorded a case of heart-block (Stokes Adams disease), identified the clinical features of pneumonia with consolidation of the lungs, described lesions in angina pectoris, acute yellow atrophy of the liver, tuberculosis of the kidney etc." (PMM) Blake p. 312. cfBib. Osleriana 1178. cfDibner I 25. cfGarrison & Morton 2276. cfHeirs of Hippocrates 501-02. cfNotable Medical Books from the Lilly Library 125. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man, 206.. Hardcover., Louvain: 'E Typographia Academica', 1766-67., 1766, 0<