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HENKEL, Johann Friedrich (1679-1744). Medicinischer Ufstand und Schmelz-Bogen insonderheit von der Bergsucht und Hutten-Katze. Freiberg: C. Mathai, 1728.
8o (177 x 120 mm). (Some staining and foxing to text.) Engraved frontispiece tipped-in. Paste-paper wrappers, uncut. Provenance: Glucksbrunner Bergbibliotheck (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, a rare and important work on Miners' Diseases. Henkel, a German naturalist, wrote about the history of occupational diseases, including the "Bergsucht", which he defined as the well-known lung sickness complicated by consumptive fever. NLM/Blake, p. 207.
8o (177 x 120 mm). (Some staining and foxing to text.) Engraved frontispiece tipped-in. Paste-paper wrappers, uncut. Provenance: Glucksbrunner Bergbibliotheck (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, a rare and important work on Miners' Diseases. Henkel, a German naturalist, wrote about the history of occupational diseases, including the "Bergsucht", which he defined as the well-known lung sickness complicated by consumptive fever. NLM/Blake, p. 207.