1579 MEDICAL BLOODLETTING TREATISE by Georgii Caspii ANTIQUE rare

Georgii Caspii 


Georgii Caspii Hannoni Medicinae
Ad indoctam & contumeliosam Bonauenturae Grangerii, seu Villici admonitionem, de cautionibus in sanguinis missione adhibendis, breuis responsio

Basil; 1579

Later full vellum binding.
Paper label applied to the spine with title, author and date.

2 blank leaves, 197, [2], 1 blank leaf

 First edition of this very rare work dealing with the practice of bloodletting (extraction of infected blood) with arguments and refutations.

Period manuscript ownership note in the lower margin of the title page.

Minor woodhole, some occasional faded dampstains

Toning to the last 5 leaves

Size: 4 1/3 by 6 3/4 inches

Text in Latin
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Georgii Caspii (often Latinized as Georgius Caspius Hannoni) was a 16th-century physician and medical author known for his contributions to the medical debates of the Renaissance.
He is primarily recognized for his medical treatise defending therapeutic bloodletting.
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