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WIRDIG, SEBASTIAN. Nova medicina spirituum. 2 double-page engraved plates. [42], 238, [2]; 3-284 [i. e., 274], [14] pages, including blank K12. 2 parts in one volume. 12mo, 134x71 mm, contemporary binding of manuscript vellum over boards, stain at top and bottom of spine; contents clean; gray edges. Hamburg: Gottfried Schultze, 1673
first edition. "A very curious work, attributing the causes of many diseases to 'spirits' and basing their cure on this theory. There is a great deal on insanity. The methods of treatment are partly chemical, partly magnetical, even such modern ideas as suggestion and other mental treatments are proposed"--Duveen, page 622. Krivatsy 13062.
