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BELLINI, Lorenzo (1643-1704). De urinis et pulsibus. Bologna: Heirs of Antonio Pisarrio, 1683.
4o (227 x 168 mm). 18th-century vellum, uncut. Provenance: Umberto Rengoni (contemporary ownership inscription on title-page); some 19th-century bibliographical notes on Bellini on front free endpaper; ex-Liechtenstein (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Bellini recognized the significance of urine as a diagnostic aid, and "insisted on its chemical analysis in pathalogical conditions" (Garrison-Morton). A pupil of Giovanni Borelli (see lot 313), he applied his teacher's mechanical philosophy to medical theory. In this work he began to develop his hydraulic iatromechanics theory, "in which he considered the blood as a physical fluid with simple mechanical and quantifiable properties" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4162 and 762.1; NLM/Krivatsy 1069; Wellcome II, p. 140; Norman 178.
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FIRST EDITION. Bellini recognized the significance of urine as a diagnostic aid, and "insisted on its chemical analysis in pathalogical conditions" (Garrison-Morton). A pupil of Giovanni Borelli (see lot 313), he applied his teacher's mechanical philosophy to medical theory. In this work he began to develop his hydraulic iatromechanics theory, "in which he considered the blood as a physical fluid with simple mechanical and quantifiable properties" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4162 and 762.1; NLM/Krivatsy 1069; Wellcome II, p. 140; Norman 178.