VAN SWIETEN, Gerardi. Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave Aphorismos, de cognoscendis et curandis Morbis. 1771-1771-1771-1769-1773.
VAN SWIETEN, Gerardi.
Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave Aphorismos, de cognoscendis et curandis Morbis.
Paris, Guillelmum Cavelier, 1771-1771-1771-1769-1773.
Five 4to (252 x181 mm), vol. 1: frontispice, (2)-viii-(2)-16-884 pages / vol. 2: (4)-769 pages / vol. 3: vi-(2)-685-(2) pages / vol. 4: (8)-668 pages / vol. 5: xii-736-91 pages. binding : Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt in six compartments, title and volume number in gilt on lettering-pieces, red edges. Corners and 4 caps chipped. some rubbings.
Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772) was a Dutch physician and scientist recognized at his time. He was one of the well-known students of Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738).
Boerhaave was a Dutch botanist, doctor and chemist, who changed medical didactics. Thanks to him, the University of Leiden became the first medical center in Europe in the early eighteenth century. His method of teaching, based on order and clarity, and on learning at the bedside of the patients, earned him an great influence and renown.
With this book, in Latin, Gerard van Swieten participated in the dissemination of the lessons of Boerhaave.
references: DSB [XIII, p. 181 : "Despite his many obligations, van Swieten still found time to work on his 'Commentaria', of which he had completed the first two volumes (1742, 1745) while in Leiden. This work, which documents Boerhaave's lectures, is not a straightforward transcription but, rather, a series of commentaries on Boerhaave's 'Aphorisms'. Therefore, it is not always clear which parts of the text are based on Boerhaave's lectures and which are van Swieten's own. The 'Commentaria', which greatly contributed to the dissemination of Boerhaave's ideas beyond the circle of his pupils, was reprinted many times and was translated into four languages."].
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