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BRISSOT, PIERRE. De vena seccanda tum in pleuritide tum in aliis viscerum inflammationibus libellus apologeticus. 206 [i. e., 188] leaves. 8vo, 155x104 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, ties lacking, recased, endpapers renewed; intermittent heavy browning and marginal dampstaining, blank lower outer corner of A8 restored. (Venice: Bartolomeo Zanetti), 1539
Fourth edition of Brissot's controversial 1525 treatise advocating bloodletting near the site of a complaint in accordance with Hippocratic and Galenic doctrine, rather than far away from it as taught in Arab medicine. The 1539 letter on venesection by Andreas Vesalius was the first attempt to clarify the matter on anatomical grounds. Durling 710.
