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Chirurgia - Medicina - Marini, Girolamo

Practice of the main and most difficult operations of Surgery concerning the Professor Litotomo and Ophthalmologist, 1723

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Rome, for Antonio de'Rossi, 1723. In 16°, pp. (24)-246 The volume presents the lack in the white margins of 12 leaves damaged by acid and of the lower half of the plate, engraved on copper, depicting surgical instruments and the male member. Coeval full parchment binding, calligraphic title.

Specialist Notes

Extremely rare work. There is not much information on the life and works of Girolamo Marini, a renowned ophthalmologist, who belongs to the famous Precian empirical school dating back to the 12th century. The prerogative of these doctors was that they did not come from university studies but the notions were handed down from father to son and they were specialized and, therefore, in demand throughout Europe, in operations of bladder lithotomy, castration and eye surgery.

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