Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 129

GIROLAMO MANFREDI (ca. 1430-1492) Opera nova intitulata Il perchè. [Per Bernardino Guerralda Vercelleso 1514] [8] 75 ll. 20.3 cm.

Manfredi was an astrologer, philosopher, and general scientist, as well as professor of medicine at Bologna. The present work, first printed in 1474 under the title Liber de homine, passed through many editions until late in the seventeenth century. It contains chapters on diet, sex, evacuation, leprosy, the effects of wine, castrati, and other medical observations, many of which are quite curious.

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Cited references: Durling 2926 (1512 ed.); Waller 6211 (1523 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.