Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 277

GIOVANNI ARGENTERIO (1513-1572) De morbis, libri XIIII. [Excudebat Laurentius Torrentinus] 1556 2nd ed. 19, 358 [26] pp. 29.5 cm.

Argenterio, a native of Piedmont, practiced (though not too successfully) in Lyons and Antwerp before returning to Italy where he taught at several universities. His fame as a teacher was great although (and perhaps because) he ventured to attack Galen and was almost Paracelsian in his attitudes. The present work, first published in 1550 under the title Varia opera de re medica, is a quasi-clinical, quasi-philosophical discussion of the nature of various illnesses, general diagnostic methods, and especially the causes of diseases.

Cited references: Durling 264; Wellcome 402 (1558 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.