Lot 277
Primrose, James
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
De vulgi in medicinâ erroribus....Editio aucta. London: H. Robinson, 1640, third edition, small 8vo., woodcut initials & ornament, contemporary vellum over boards, small printing flaw at corner of one page, front pastedown a little torn in one place
Footnote
Note: This edition not in STC, Wellcome, Osler, NUC, or Garrison & Morton.
"Corrected and enlarged" edition of a work criticizing adversely the new discoveries in anatomy, in particular Harvey's demonstration of the circulation of the blood. More generally the present work rejects a variety of common beliefs regarding physicians, diseases, diet and treatment, such as that unpleasant remedies should be avoided, that almost every complaint is due to exposure to cold, that gold boiled in broth will cure consumption, and that the linen of the sick should not be
changed.