Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 665

GUICHARD JOSEPH DU VERNEY (1648-1730) A treatise of the organ of hearing, containing the structure, the uses, and the diseases of all parts of the ear. Printed for S. Baker 1737 xii, 145 [14] pp., 16 fold. plates. 16.5 cm.

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A Latin translation of Traité de l'organe de l'ouie, believed to have been made by Du Verney, appeared only a year after the work's first publication in French, in order to encourage wide circulation. The work appeared in several anthologies during Du Verney's lifetime but a new edition was not published until after his death. Then, within the next twenty years, new editions appeared in German, Dutch, and English. The present edition is the first English translation of the book and was made by a London surgeon, John Marshall (fl. 1730).

Cited references: Russell 293; Waller 2667; Wellcome II, p. 506