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SARMENTO, JACOB DE CASTRO. Materia Medica Physico-Historico-Mechanica, Reyno Mineral. Parte I [all published]. Engraved view of Spa. [4], 16, liii, [1], 538, [24], iv, 43 pages, including license leaf dated 1736. 8vo, modern mottled leather with red morocco lettering pieces; marginal dampstaining on opening leaves, dark stain in upper outer corners at end. Embossed stamp of Alfonso Cassuto on title. London, 1735 [i. e., 1736]
first edition of a treatise on the therapeutic properties of drugs derived from mineral sources, with sections on mineral waters and spas, on quinine and the author's quinine-based patent medicine Agua de Inglaterra, and a Latin version of his tract on smallpox inoculation. Sarmento (1692-1762) was a Portuguese Marrano physician who settled in England, where he became a fellow of the Royal Society. EJ V, 246, and XI, 1192.
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