General Books - Breve Instrvzione Medica Sopra La Pietra, E Gotta

1697 A.D.

8 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (90 grams, 22 x 16 cm).

Gio. Battista Contoli - Rome, 1697, card covers, 19 pp.

Provenance

Property of an Essex gentleman.

Footnotes

Contoli has been called 'one of the most brilliant voices in medical humanism'. This paper deals with the supposed effects of gluten in the generation of (kidney-, gall-) stones and gout.

CONDITION

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