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GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE BONIS (1699-1772): Johannis Baptistae De Bonis Hydroposia seu de potu aquae in morbis libri IV. Carolo Borbonio Neapolis et Siciliae regi dicati Venetiis, apud Petrum Bassaleam, 1
GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE BONIS (1699-1772)
Johannis Baptistae De Bonis Hydroposia seu de potu aquae in morbis libri IV. Carolo Borbonio Neapolis et Siciliae regi dicati Venetiis, apud Petrum Bassaleam, 1744
§ Large 4to (290 x 220 mm); [14]. 107, [1] pp. Sign: a1-4,b1-3,A-M1-4,N1-6. Engraved vignette on title page, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Printed ex libris on pastedown. Contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorations on covers, labelled gilt title on decorated spine. Small, unobtrusive wormhole on lower margin of the last few leaves but a very fine and large copy on strong paper.
Second edition, first published in Naples in the same year, of one of the first eighteenth century scientific studies on hydrotherapy. Recognizing the importance of proper body hydration and a correct, dynamic distribution of fluids, a focal point for therapeutic practice, the author focuses on the need for water balance in cases of general or localized acute diseases. Structured in four books, the volume begins with a detailed analysis of the ideal characteristics of the water, both for food use and for baths, then dealing with the exploitation of the thermal springs and analyzing the specific action of the water temperature on the various systems of the human body. Due to its highly innovative content, the treaty immediately received considerable consensus, such as to require a second edition in the same year of the first one.
Ref: E. D'Afflitto, Memorie degli scrittori del Regno di Napoli, Napoli 1782, II, p. 170; Daniela Silvestri De Bonis, Giovanni Battista IN: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani