From the Collection of the late Dr. Eugene H. Courtiss
BARONIO, Giuseppe. Degli innesti animali. Milan: Stamperia e Fonderia del Genio, [1804].
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BARONIO, Giuseppe. Degli innesti animali. Milan: Stamperia e Fonderia del Genio, [1804].
8o (202 x 128 mm). Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by F. Bordiga, 2 engraved plates, one folding. Contemporary pastepaper boards, red and green paper lettering-pieces on spine, edges stained yellow (edges slightly spotted); modern folding case. Provenance: "E.M." (stamped initials on lettering-piece).
FIRST EDITION. Baronio was among the first to experiment successfully with skin grafts on sheep. These were among the first closely controlled medical experiments using animals, and constituted "the first purely scientific research in the history of plastic surgery" (Garrison-Morton). Along with John Hunter's transplant investigations in the 1770s, Baronio's work formed the background for Dieffenbach's early investigations into transplantation and regeneration. A FINE COPY. Garrison-Morton-Norman 5736; Waller 686; Wellcome II, 103. [Bound with:] FANZAGO, Francesco (1764-1836). Sulla virtù della digitale: memoria. Padua: Nicolò Zanon Bettoni, 1810. 8o. (Some light foxing.) FIRST EDITION, a memoir on the benefits of digitalis. Fanzago was professor of Pathology at Padua. Wellcome III, 9.
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FIRST EDITION. Baronio was among the first to experiment successfully with skin grafts on sheep. These were among the first closely controlled medical experiments using animals, and constituted "the first purely scientific research in the history of plastic surgery" (Garrison-Morton). Along with John Hunter's transplant investigations in the 1770s, Baronio's work formed the background for Dieffenbach's early investigations into transplantation and regeneration. A FINE COPY. Garrison-Morton-Norman 5736; Waller 686; Wellcome II, 103. [Bound with:] FANZAGO, Francesco (1764-1836). Sulla virtù della digitale: memoria. Padua: Nicolò Zanon Bettoni, 1810. 8