Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 503

FRANS LE BOë (1614-1672) Opera medica. Apud Samuelem de Tournes 1681 [20] 747 [41] pp., plate (front.). 38.4 cm.

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This large and sumptuous work comprises Sylvius' major medical writings, and shows his emphasis on the use of physiological chemistry in the practice of clinical medicine. A large section is devoted to diseases of the lung, in which particular emphasis is given to tuberculosis. It was Sylvius who first demonstrated that tubercles could coalesce and form the cavitations typical of the tuberculous lung. The works include Disputationum medicarum decas, Methodi medendi libri duo, Ideae novae praxeos medicae libri tres, and the funeral oration by Schacht. Unlike the 1679 edition of the Opera, this edition contains a fine frontispiece portrait of Sylvius by J. L. Durant and a large woodcut printer's device on the red and black title page.

Cited references: Cushing B451 (1695 ed.); Garrison-Morton 2321 (1679 ed.); Osler 4063 (1679 ed.); Waller 9428 (1680 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.