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GEIGER, MALACHIAS. Microcosmus hypochondriacus; sive, De Melancholia hypochondriaca tractatus. 2 (of 7) engraved plates by Wolfgang Kilian. [36] (of [38]), 524, [11] pages, lacking engraved additional title. 4to, contemporary vellum; few paper flaws on final errata leaf slightly affecting text. Bookplate of Clements C. Fry, M.D. Munich: Lucas Straub, 1652
first edition of a treatise on hypochondria and melancholy, describing their characteristics and various forms of treatment, including diet, exercise, rest, venesection, cupping, balneotherapy, and purgatives. Alden 652/92 (for discussion of tobacco use by melancholics and hypochondriacs); Krivatsy 4614.
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