Augustin BELLOSTE
Traité du mercure par Augustin Belloste, premier chirurgien de feu Madame Douairière de Savoie.
Chez la veuve Belloste|à Paris 1793|16.20 x 10 cm|broché
New edition. The first edition dates from 1734.
Contemporary pamphlet covered with blue paper. Spine reinforced with a second blue paper.
After serving as a military surgeon, Belloste (1654-1730) became surgeon and advisor to the Dowager of Savoy. The treatise is not merely a classical treatise on mercury, it bears witness to the transition from surgical therapeutics to chemical and mercurial therapeutics. Belloste had indeed developed mercury-based pills which were in that era what potable gold had been. The treatise essentially serves promotional purposes and extols the miracle remedy. The manufacture of the pills was continued by his widow and son, as were the new editions.
Contemporary pamphlet covered with blue paper. Spine reinforced with a second blue paper.
After serving as a military surgeon, Belloste (1654-1730) became surgeon and advisor to the Dowager of Savoy. The treatise is not merely a classical treatise on mercury, it bears witness to the transition from surgical therapeutics to chemical and mercurial therapeutics. Belloste had indeed developed mercury-based pills which were in that era what potable gold had been. The treatise essentially serves promotional purposes and extols the miracle remedy. The manufacture of the pills was continued by his widow and son, as were the new editions.
€300