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THOMAS BARTHOLINUS (1616-1680): Thomae Bartholini de nivis usu medico observationes varia. Accessit D. Erasmi Bartholini De figura nivis dissertatio; cum operum authoris catalogo Hafniae (Copenhagen),
THOMAS BARTHOLINUS (1616-1680)
Thomae Bartholini de nivis usu medico observationes varia. Accessit D. Erasmi Bartholini De figura nivis dissertatio; cum operum authoris catalogo Hafniae (Copenhagen), typis Matthiae Godicchii, sumptibus Petri Haubold, 1661
§ 3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo (9,5x15,5,2,5 cm.); [24], 232, [8] pp.; [6], 42 pp.; [16] pp. Signature: 1-8, 1-4, A-P1-8; a-c1-8; (*)1-8. 1 engraved plate; 2 different woodcuts on 1st and 3rd title pages, woodcut head-pieces and initials. Printed exlibris (Zlatko Ivan Pozeg) on front pastedown. Contemporary boards covered in red paper, handwritten label on spine. Slightly browned, but good copy.
First edition. The Danish physician, naturalist, physiologist, anatomist and mathematician Thomas Bartholin belong to a family of renowned scientists. He is best remembered for his work on the lymphatic system and his studies on anatomy. In the present work he describes, for the first time since Avicenna, the use of refrigeration as anaesthetic method for surgery, for which method he credits a Neapolitan physician. The second part is a work by Thomas younger brother, Erasmus, on snow crystals. The third part is a catalogue of Thomas Bartholin’s works, listing forty-five titles.
Ref. DSB vol. I, pp. 481-483; Thorndike vol. VIII, 323; Wellcome II, 107; Waller 726.