ALPINUS PROSPERUS Medicina Aegyptiorum Accessit huic editi

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ALPINUS, PROSPERUS. Medicina Aegyptiorum. Accessit huic editioni eiusdem auctoris liber de balsamo, et rhapontico, ut et Jacobi Bontii medicina Indorum. Editio nova.<> [24], 325, [45]; [2], 73-258, [2] pages. 4to, contemporary sheep, quite worn, spine ends chipped, front cover detached. Leiden: Gerardus Potvliet, 1745

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The first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine, first published in 1591. This edition reprints writings by Alpinus on the therapeutic properties of balsam and rhubarb, and by Jacobus de Bondt on tropical medicine, based on his experiences in the Dutch East Indies. Cf. Garrison-Morton 6468 and 2263; DSB I, 124-25.<