1547 And 1548 Jean Fernel. Vellum Physiology 16th Century Medical Books In One

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1547 And 1548 Jean Fernel. Vellum Physiology 16th Century Medical Books In One:
$2399.95

2 Scarce antiquarian medical books bound together - FERNEL, JEAN. De Naturali Parte Medicinae Libri Septem * De Vacuandi Ratione. Together, 2 works, bound in 1. Woodcut title devices. 8vo, old limp vellum; some shelf-wear and soiling, spine-tips a bit chipped, scattered stains, soiling or foxing, some corners curled, etc., generally sound.
1547/1548
Old signature inside front cover
No writing in text
Measures about 4 1/4 by 6 1/2 by 1 1/2\"
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Boxed carefully Venetiis: [Gryphius], 1547; Ex Officina Erasmiana, 1548
First title is FIRST ITALIAN EDITION of the \"earliest work devoted exclusively to physiology and the first to call the subject by that name.\"-Garrison-Morton 572; Wellcome 2193; BM STC Italian, 246; second not in Wellcome; BM STC, 246.
(The Natural Part of Medicine)Jean François Fernel (in Latin, Fernelius) (1497 – 26 April 1558)[was a French physician who introduced the term \"physiology\" to describe the study of the body\'s function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal. The lunar crater Fernelius is named after him.
Fernel suggested that taste buds are sensitive to fat, an idea which only recently has been shown to be correct.
He was born at Montdidier, and after receiving his early education at his native town and at Claremont, he entered the College of Sainte-Barbe, Paris. At first he devoted himself to mathematical and astronomical studies; but from 1534 he gave himself up entirely to medicine, in which he graduated in 1530. His general erudition, and the skill and success with which he sought to revive the study of the old Greek physicians, gained him a reputation, and ultimately the office of physician to the court. Catherine De\' Medici, wife of King Henri II of France, sought his advice regarding their difficulty in conceiving a child. He practised with success, and at his death at Fontainebleau in 1558 left behind him a large fortune.