Mequignon

First French edition, expanded and corrected by the author.
Contemporary full blonde sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with leaves and fleurons in compartments. Roulettes at tail. Headcaps worn. Corners slightly bumped. Rubbing and surface wear. Foxing.
The author studied all genital diseases known at the time, taking care to separate them from syphilis. Several chapters are devoted to remedies (the author cites exotic ones, from India or elsewhere, without having experimented with them), others deal with recent venereal diseases including one that appeared in Canada, where patients lose limbs, another in Africa, etc... A work of definite interest in the field, notably because the author never forgets the history of diseases, the different countries and continents where the diseases rage... the work abounding in curious notes. At the end of the work, a pharmacopoeia of venereal diseases.

The first edition was published in 1709.
Contemporary pamphlet. Kraft paper has been applied to reinforce the spine. Title marked in blue ballpoint pen. First leaf now only held by two stitches.
Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738) was a distinguished physician and renowned botanist at the University of Leiden (undoubtedly the most famous of this period). His famous lectures attracted audiences from all over Europe. The aphorisms are a tribute to the physician whom the author idolized above all others: Hippocrates; numbering 483, they cover all subjects of medicine (rabies, cancer, rheumatism, catalepsy...) and with a didactic purpose present the content of his knowledge and teaching, as well as the knowledge of the time.