Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 357

GIROLAMO MERCURIALE (1530-1606) De morbis puerorum tractatus. Apud Paulum Meietum 1588 [16] 107 ll. 20.7 cm.

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

The present work, first published in 1583, was one of the first books devoted entirely to pediatrics. The dedication indicates that the book is based on the lecture notes of one of Mercuriale's students, Jan Hieronim Chrosciejowski (fl. 1583-1612), also known as Johannes Groscesius. The work is divided into three parts: diseases of children, fevers of children, and worms. Although the book is filled with references to Arabian, Greek, and Roman authors, Mercuriale used his own judgment in interpreting their observations instead of slavishly adhering to their opinions as was common with many writers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Cited references: Durling 3102; Waller 6483 (1583 ed.); Wellcome 4241

Gift of John Martin, M.D.