Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 696

NICHOLAS ANDRY DE BOIS-REGARD (1658-1742) De la génération des vers dans le corps de l'homme. Chez Laurent d'Houry 1700 [56] 468 [10] pp., 3 fold. plates. 16.2 cm.

Andry, professor of medicine at Paris, was born at Lyons and studied and taught theology before becoming a physician in 1693. His first published works were in theology, and the present work on worms in the human body is his first medical book. Dealing with the effect and treatment of worms, the book became quite popular, went through several editions, and was translated into English and German.

Cited references: Waller 417 (mistakenly indicates seven plates instead of the three present in this complete volume); Wellcome II, p. 45

Gift of John Martin, M.D.