Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 689

GIOVANNI MARIA LANCISI (1654-1720) Dissertatio de nativis, deque adventitiis Romani coeli qualitatibus. Cui accedit Historia epidemiae rheumaticae, quae per hyemem anni MDCCIX vagata est. Apud Franciscum Gonzagam 1711 [16] 258 [20] pp. Copy 1: 24.4 cm. Pasteboard, uncut; Copy 2: 23.2 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 687

Public health and epidemiology were also primary interests of Lancisi, and in this work he deals with the health conditions of Rome, its water supply, climate, etc. In the second part he describes the devastating epidemic of influenza which started in Italy in 1709 and swept over most of Europe.

Cited references: Osler 3149; Waller 5543; Wellcome III, p. 441

Gift of John Martin, M.D.