[MANUSCRIPTS - MEDICINE]. MOHR. A large compendium of medical and surgical treatments and cures for “different infirmities of human life,” kept by a practicing physician. [Vienna?, ca 1799-1818].
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
$2,500
Sold for $938
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Lot Description
[MANUSCRIPTS - MEDICINE]. MOHR. A large compendium of medical and surgical treatments and cures for “different infirmities of human life,” kept by a practicing physician. [Vienna?, ca 1799-1818].
1,496 pp, thick 4to (237 x 173mm). In German. Written in German script in brown and red ink. Bound in dark calf (rebacked preserving original spine, corners restored). Provenance: early note on front flyleaf indicating a date “Wein…1799”).
Organized in sections for different diseases with extensive pharmaceutical discourse (occasional marginalia) followed by prescriptions from the author’s own experience or from other sources, such as Nicolai Alexander or Paracelsus. Records in great detail what a practicing physician would face in normal practice in the late-18th and early-19th century Vienna, and embodies a wide range of symptoms and diseases known to this physician (or pharmacist). The last pages contain a short index of symptoms and page reference for discussion and treatment.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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