Author: LANCISI, J.M.
Title: Dissertatio de nativis, deque adventitiis Romani coeli qualitatibus, cui accedit historia epidemiae rheumaticae, quae per hyemem anni 1709 vagata est.
Description: Rome, Apud Franciscum Gonzagam, 1711. 4to. [24.5 x 18.1 cm]. 2 parts in 1 vol. [Section title to part 2 on leaf Aa4 recto, p. (199)]. W. engr. vign. [10.6 x 7.3 cm] on printed title ['Ia. [Jakob) Frey' after 'Io. Passari In.']. 1 engr. initial, woodcut head-piece, tail-pieces and num.woodc. initials. Very good contemp. limp paper brds., italian intermediate binding. Title in ink on spine. [a4, b4, A-Z4, Aa-Mm4]. ]. (XVI, 258, XXII pp). (1 or 2 sl. pinhole wormh. in upper blank margin.). (Uncut, unopened.). (Large paper copy.) First edition. One of the earliest works on environmental health. Hirsch vol. III, p. 659: 'Er gehört zu den verdienstvollsten Italienischer Praktikern, die Anatomie, praktische Medicin und Hygiene verdanken ihm erhebliche Bereicherungen .' : Garrison p. 367: 'The greatest Italian clinician of the period...': Osler 3149; Waller 5543: Wellcome vol. III, p. 441: Heirs of Hippocrates, 689: Norman Coll., 1274: 'In the present work, his first on municipal hygiene, he examined what he considered the health-affecting aspects of the Roman environment, particularly her water supply and the insalubrious Pontine marshes. The 2nd part of the work describes the influenza epidemic that began in Rome in 1709 and swept over most of Europe.' : Norman sale, vol. II, item 595: 'Lancisi was deeply interested in public health and epidemiology, and his research into contagious diseases was well in advance of his time.': First edition.

Keywords: infectieziekten infectious communicable medicine epidemics griep W28B