Author: WILLIS, Thomas
Title: Nieuwe en Geneeskundige Verhandeling van de Fermentatie...
Description: Middelburgh, By Wilhelmus Goeree, Boek-verkooper in Cicero. En sijn mede te bekomen, tot Amsterdam, by Ioh. Iansonius van Waesberge, 1676. 8vo. Printed title in red and black. Contemp. full dark clf., some rubbing to corners and outer hinges, spine in 5 com,partments, gilttooling faded. Binding overall w. some signs of acidification. [*6, A-K8, L2 (B3 signed B5); M-Z8, Aa6]. (XII, 344, XXIV (Index) pp.). (All edges speckled red, faded). (Parts title 'Des Scheur-Buiks' (on Scurvy), recto p. 165, verso blank). (Inner blank margin, increasing at lower margin, sometimes into text vague but in places very visible brown staining up to page 50 and including printed title, idem 324 - to end). (Owner's signatures recto upper free endp. & p. 1). Prof. Compston collection, ...: DSB vol. XIV, pp. 404 - 409 'In De Fermentatione'Willis argued that all bodies are composed of five kinds of particles: those of spirit, sulfur, salt, water and earth, in order of decreasing activity....'[extend!!]Comp. G&M 2464 (ed 1659): 'Contains the earliest suggestion that fermentation is an intestinal or internal motion of particles; the analogy between putrefaction and fermentation is also noted.'

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