拍品 37
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HELMONT, Franciscus Mercurius van (1618-1644). Ortus medicinae; id est, Initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem ad vitam longam ... edente ... Francisco Mercurio van Helmont ... emendatius multo, Venice: Giunta & J. J. Hertz, 1651, 2°, title in red and black with device, text in double column, woodcut ornaments (rust spot on 2I3v slightly obscuring text), contemporary limp vellum (spine torn at head) [Krivatsy 5431; Wellcome III, p. 241] Provenance: Em. le François, Paris (bookseller's label); JCL.

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HELMONT, Franciscus Mercurius van (1618-1644). Ortus medicinae; id est, Initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem ad vitam longam ... edente ... Francisco Mercurio van Helmont ... emendatius multo, Venice: Giunta & J. J. Hertz, 1651, 2°, title in red and black with device, text in double column, woodcut ornaments (rust spot on 2I3v slightly obscuring text), contemporary limp vellum (spine torn at head) [Krivatsy 5431; Wellcome III, p. 241] Provenance: Em. le François, Paris (bookseller's label); JCL.

拍品專文

Ortus Medicinae, Helmont's masterpiece, was first published posthumously in Amsterdam, 1648. "In this work, Helmont established his name as one of the founders of biochemistry, although some authorities believe that he is perhaps overrated because of his vacillations between mysticism and science. In any event, his discovery of digestive juices in the stomach and intestine, and especially his first use of the specific gravity of urine for diagnostic purposes, mark him as a man of no insignificant importance in the history of medicine" [Heirs of Hippocrates]