Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 690

GIOVANNI MARIA LANCISI (1654-1720) De noxiis paludum effluviis, eorumque remediis. Libri duo. Typis Jo. Mariae Slavioni 1717 xxxii, 479 pp., fold. plate. 23.3 cm.

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

In this treatise, one of his most important contributions, Lancisi stressed the relationship of stagnant water to disease, opposed the destruction of forests because of the ecological value of trees and other vegetation, and maintained that quinine was to be employed in treating malaria. The book contains an engraved map which shows a drainage scheme for the marshy regions south of Rome.

Cited references: Cushing L33; Garrison-Morton 5232; Osler 3151; Wellcome III, p. 441

Gift of John Martin, M.D.