Author: MUYS, W.G. [Weyer Willem]
Title: Dissertatio & observationes de salis ammoniaci praeclaro ad febres interrmittentes usu, una cum espistola praefixa ad Regiam Societatem Londinensem missae.
Description: Franeker, Fr. Halma, 1716. Sm. 4to. W. engr. vign. on title (unsigned, no motto) & 1 large fold. table (after p. 100). Early 18th c. tree marbled brds. (Spine, outer edges of covers rubb., corners bumped, spine restored in matching colour.). [A-N4]. (1-2), 3 - 100, III (Index), I (errata) pp.). (Occasionally a few foxed spots; good strong quality paper.). Hirsch IV, 312: Bayle & Thill. II, 203: Pogg. II, 248: DMB, c 1404 - 1406: Weyer Willem Muys (1682 - 1744). medicine, maths., botany; The son of Johannes Muys. 'The curators of Groningen wished to appoint him professor of science as the successor of Jean Bernouilli, but the surrounding regions (or "ommelanden") opposed the plan .. in March 1709 he was appointed prof. of mathematics at Franeker... Muys used the microscopes of Leeuwenhoek for his teaching ,... and he repeated some of the latter's experiments ...': Waring , 226: '...containing the histories of 39 cases of various types of intermittents treated with sal ammoniac ...., administered immediately preceding a paroxysm. The results ...in a tabular form at the end ...written with much care. Considering the period at which it was prepared, it is a model inquiry,...': Blake, 318: Eloy III, 364 - 366: Haller Bibl. Anat. vol. II, p. 95:

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