Paul Dube; Sebastiano Castellini [trans.] - IL Medico de Poveri Trattato Prattico

Bassano, Gio. Antonio Remondini , 1734 . Hardback. An uncommon Italian translation of Paul Dube's guide to affordable medical treatment. Translated from the original French into Italian by Sebastiano Castellini. First translated into Italian in 1692, and first published in Paris in 1669.Upon publication, this became one of  the most successful treatises on popular medicine, with advice and practical remedies for the poor. Dube theorized that the poor could be treated through the use of commonly found remedies, rather than the expensive and exotic Galenic cures available to the wealthy.Part II of the work, 'Il Chirurgo de' Poveri', bears an individual title page, as called for.With a bookseller's label to the front pastedown.An informative work in which simple methods are taught to cure various diseases and ailments, including headaches, scurvy, asthma, and health implications related to childbirth. In paper covered boards, with handwritten title to back strip. Lacking lower half of back strip. Boards tenderly held. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, binding strained throughout. Pages lightly age toned, with the odd spot throughout. Minor worming to tail of pages 97-322. Good Only . Ill.: Noneq. Good Only .

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