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Title: Querelae ventriculi renovatae, sive NPOEONONOIIA ejusdem naturalia sua sibi vendicantis & abusus tam diaeteticos, quam pharmaceuticos perstringentis.
Description: Amstelaedami, Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge, 1675. 12mo. W. small woodc. vignet on pr. title, engr. front. title depicting a man vomiting ['C.D. Jn f.'=...]. Contemp. full vellum, author & title in ink on spine. [a6, A-M12, N5]. (XII, 286, X (Index Rerum) pp.). (First 8 lvs. a visible watersp. in upper lefthand corner; idem last number of lvs.; rest of text a vague and unobtrusive spot to upper blank margin.). (Initials in ink on front edge of bookblock.). (Owner's inscription in ink on title page, partialy crossed out.). Second, revised edition, the first appeared in 1664 under the title 'Querela et opprobria ventriculi'. In this work Swalve makes use of a personification of the stomach and discusses the use and abuse of a variety of foods and drink.: DMB c. 1922 - 1923: Good copy. BMN I, 189: Ferguson, Biblioth. II, 419: Ferchl 524. He was an iatrochemist.: Comp. Osler 5487: '....The stomach, humorously personified, bewails the ill-usage it gets from doctor and patient. He protested again in 'Querelae ventriculi... 1675': One of his three important works, the others being 'Disquisitio therapeutica' & 'Pancreas Pancrene'. Banga, pp. 453 - 461:

Keywords: iatrochemistry medical chemistry medicine Deen Digestion digestive system gastroenterology gastronomy food spijsvertering Vilib

Price: EUR 490.00 = appr. US$ 532.56 Seller: Antiquariaat B.M.Israel B.V.
- Book number: 3976