Ludovic ROUPPE
De morbis navigantium, liber unus accedit observatio de effectu extracti cicutae Storkiani in cancro
[On the Diseases of Seafarers, Book One, with an Additional Observation on the Effect of Stork’s Hemlock Extract in Cancer]
Théodore Haak|Lugduni Batavorum [Leyde [Leiden]] 1764|14.2 x 22 cm|Broché
First edition.
Our copy is preserved in its original wrappers beneath a plain cover, the spine split with losses to the paper and the title label also with defects.
Pleasing condition internally, with only occasional foxing.
Among the finest works relating to naval medicine; a substantial section (pp. 90–212) is devoted to scurvy.
The author, a physician in the Dutch navy, composed this work entirely from his own firsthand observations.
A substantial section (pp. 90–212) is devoted to scurvy.
€700