Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 355

GIROLAMO MERCURIALE (1530-1606) De morbis cutaneis. Apud Paulum & Antonium Meietos Fratres 1572 [19] 117 ll. 20.5 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 354

A man of many medical interests and a prolific writer as well, Mercuriale was one of the earliest physicians to prepare a comprehensive, systematic treatise on skin diseases. Extremely well indexed and organized, the book follows Galen's example of dividing diseases of the head from those of the rest of the body. Also present with this work is his De excrementis in which he discusses the excretions and excrements of the body. It is interesting to note that the book's colophon lists the printer as Gratioso Perchacino with the date 1571 while the name of Meietti is on the title page. This strongly suggests that there was a change in the publishing arrangements before the book was ever printed.

Cited references: Durling 3094; Garrison-Morton 3980; Waller 6482; Wellcome 4233

Gift of John Martin, M.D.