Author: JANSONIUS, Samuel.- OVERCAMP, H.
Title: Korte en bondige verhandeling, van de voort-teeling en 't kinderbaren met den aenkleve van dien ... Synde den tweede Druck, oversien, van veel fouten verbetert, ... IDEM 2) Flagellum Veneris, Oft verhael van Venus Plage, Oft Vuyle Pocken, Waer in van al die ziekte en al haren aanhang, neffens hare Genesing, grondig verhandelt word. Met Byvoeging van veelderhande uytgesochte Geneesmiddelen ... AND 3) OVERCAMP, Heydentryk, Verhandeling van de Pokken En haar Geneesinge.
Description: Amsterdam; Rotterdam; Amsterdam, Gedrukt by Timotheus ten Hoorn, Boekverkooper, in de Nes, naast de Brakke-grond; 2) Gedrukt by Paulus van Boekeny, Boekverkooper; 3) By Timotheus ten Hoorn, in de Nes, by de Lombart, in 't Zinnebeeld, 1685. , 1681, 1685. Sm 8vo. 3 vols. in 1. The Jansonius 'Korte Verhandeling' without the engr. front., w. a small woodc. vign. on title, w. 12 engr. full page pls. [at pp. 81 (2x), 103 (2x), 104, 106, 157 (2x), 158, 159, 162, 164 [Unsigned, by the author; plate 1 a small corner torn off upper right & idem plate 7 lower right, nothing serious]. The Overkamp 'Verhandeling van de Pokken' w. a small woodc. vign. on title. Fine contemp. full vellum, covers w. some spots and scratches, good age-darkening. Title in contemp. ink on spine. [*8 [-*1], A - K8, L4 (A2 signed B2); A*8, A - H8 (H8 blank); A - F8]. (XIV [of XVI], 167, I (blank); XVI, 124, II (Na-Reede), II (Blank); 93, III (Na-Reden) pp.). (ad 1) first 4 lvs. vague watersp. top righthand corner; lower blank margin printed title a 2 line presentation stamp [C. Jamin jr. etc.] in ink; Quire G somewhat sprung, but remaining firm in the bookblock; a small [4 cm] vertical paper flaw / tear in leaf *7; ad 2) Righthand margin a bit short, in places touching / cutting into a few printed letters. ad 3) Occasionally a few vague watersp.). A rare convolute. ad 1) BMN vol. I, p. 336: DMB [Lindeboom], c. 974 - 975 'Nothing is known about his descent, and little about his life. He stayed in the West - Indies for about 5 years, visited England and Germany ... Rotterdam, where he had a good reputation.': Hirsch III, 419/20: Waller vol. I, 5120: Krivatsy, comp. 6201, (4th ed. 1695 only, same collation): Banga, pp. 637/40: Contains very good remarks on the delivery. With curious plates, made by the author. All editions are rare. Ad 2) BMN vol. I, p. 221: Waller, vol. I, 5118: Not in Krivatsy: Proksch, Gesch. d. Venerischen Krankheiten, vol. 2, pp. 275 - 281: Presenting a clear survey of the methods used by Samuel Jansonius. On page 281: 'In einer "Nachrede" macht Janson eine Bemerkung, welche ihn mehr als alles Andere als einen erfahrenen und wahrheitsliebenden Arzt und guten Beobachter kennzeichnet; er gesteht nämlich, dass wir bisweilen mit den besten und kräftigsten Mitteln, "nichts ausrichten".': Ad 3) Overkamp, see DMB c. 1488 - 1489. [Coevorden 1651 - Amsterdam 1693]. General practitioner, Cartesianist. Friend of Bontekoe and with like-minded, Cartesian, views. Banga, vol. II, pp. 636 - 637: Van der Aa, O pp. 90 - 91: Molhuysen, Bronnen [Leiden], vol. III, pp. 301 & 327: Thijssen-Schoute, Nederlands Cartesianisme, pp. 285 - 288, 317 - 318: BMN vol. I, p. 221: Krivatsy, comp. 8482: Proksch, Gesch. d. Venerischen Krankheiten, vol. II, p. 294: 'Overcamp ... zweifelt an der Heilbarkeit der Syphilis, aber nur in inverterirten Fällen... Er selber hat zweierlei Methoden: ... eine Schwitzkur [6 months] ... einer Salivationskur [w. Mercury, 3 months] ... man sieht: Overkamp war nicht gar weit von der heutigen "Méthode des traitements successifs" Fournier's entfernt.':

Keywords: obstetrics midwifery gynaecology medicine VD venereal diseases W73