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FERNEL, Jean. Joannis fernelii ambiani, doctoris medici parisiensis, Archiatri Regii, Consiliorum medicinalium liber. Exeius adversariis quadringentarum consultationum selectus. Nunc denuo fidelus & accuratius quam antea editus, & a quam plurimis mendis, quibus antea scatebat, repurgatus. Cum indice accurato.

Francofurti [i.e. Frankfurt]. Apud Joannem Wechelum, 1585.
8vo. 143pp, [1]. Later blind-ruled calf, morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Leaves lightly browned.
The revised edition of French physician Jean Fernel's (1497-1558) collection of consultations on special medical cases, including chapters on syphilis, tumours, toothache, plague and fevers, to mention a few only. Fernel was professor at the Sorbonne, and became Physician-in-Chief to King Henri II. The present essays, posthumously edited Guillaume Cappe, were not included in his Universa Medicin printed some years earlier.

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£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref: 29812