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HELMONT, FRANCISCUS MERCURIUS VAN. The Spirit of Diseases; or, Diseases from the Spirit . . . Wherein is shewed how much the Mind influenceth the Bodyin causing and curing of Diseases . . . The First Part [all published]. [14] (of [16]), 215, [1] pages; lacks initial blank. 8vo, 158x97 mm, modern panelled calf in period style; varying and occasionally heavy toning, front endleaf rehinged, title reinforced in gutter with old stamp of Sion College Library on verso (released). London: Sarah Howkins, 1694
first edition in english of Helmont's 1692 Aanmerkingen . . . over den Mens en desselfs Siektens, on his psychogenic theory of disease. Krivatsy 5430; Wing H1395.
