Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 347

LUIGI LUISINI (b. 1526) Aphrodisiacus; sive, De lue venerea. Apud Baretium & Socios 1599 Vol. I: [4] 736 [28] pp.; Vol. II: [24] 196, 216 [2] 96 [6] pp. 29.5 cm.

Luisini, the compiler of this important collection of works on venereal diseases, was born in Udine and practiced medicine in Venice. He first published the anthology in 1566, followed by this edition in 1599. The work contains the writings of such notable men as Fallopius, Fracastoro, Leoniceno, Massa, Hutten, Montanus, Vesalius, and many others through the early sixteenth century. Boerhaave published a revision of this work in 1728, updating it to the mid-sixteenth century.

Cited references: Cushing L379 (1728 ed.); Durling 1108 (1st ed., 1566); Garrison-Morton 2372 (1st ed.); Waller 6099 (1728 ed.); Wellcome 3892 (1st ed.)