Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 199

NICCOLò MASSA (1489-1569) Examen de venae sectione et sanguinis missione in febribus ex humorum putredine ortis, ac in aliis praeter naturam affectibus. Ad insigne Jordani Ziletti 1568 [8] 51 pp. 20.6 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 195

The first edition of this rare work on bloodletting was written ten to fifteen years earlier than this second edition. Massa recommends experience as a guide in bloodletting and cautions against relying on authority alone. An index at the beginning of the book gives references to diseases for which bloodletting was prescribed. A useful set of canons to be observed completes the book.

See Related Record(s): 197

Cited references: Durling 2987

Gift of John Martin, M.D.