Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 541

THOMAS WILLIS (1621-1675) Pharmaceutice rationalis; sive, Diatriba de medicamentorum operationibus in humano corpore. Sumptibus Joannis Antonii Huguetan 1676 [20] 180 [6] pp., 6 fold. plates. 22.5 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 537

One of the great books of seventeenth-century English medicine, this is the first scientific work on pharmacology as well as a valuable epitome of the materia medica of the time. Willis describes the sweetish flavor of urine in diabetes mellitus, differentiating between it and diabetes insipidus. The work was first published at Oxford in 1674. Although no covers are present, the signatures of the book have been sewn to cords and it is evident that one or more parts of the book have been removed at some time in the past. At least one of the missing parts is Diatriba de medicamentorum operationibus in humano corpore because, although the title page indicates that it should be present, it is missing from this copy.

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 3926 (1st ed., 1674); Osler 4251 (1677 ed.); Waller 10337

Gift of John Martin, M.D.