1683 · Lugduni Batavorum,
by MUYS, Joannes [Jan (or) Joannis] (1654-1720).
Lugduni Batavorum,: Apud Petrum vander Aa, 1683 [-1685]., 1683. 12mo. [24], 84; [4], 44; [24], 44, [8], 39, [1]; 94, [2] pp. 1 figure (showing the eyes, p. 52, pt. I). Complete with all five parts (seldom found together). With added engraved title pages showing a contemporary surgical scene (repeated). Modern full brown morocco, raised bands, gilt-stamped spine, edges ruled in blind. Bookseller's ticket: Masson & cie.; rubber stamp: Doctor Mario E. Spada. [BOUND WITH]: MUYS. Podalirius Redivivus, sive Dialogus inter Podalirium & Philiatrum. In quo juxta normam philosophiae Solidioris, multa Medico-Chirurgica illustrantur & examinantur. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Petrum vander AA, 1686. 12mo. [16], 137, [1] pp. The complete text with all five parts bound together, published from 1683-1685. This is a collection of case reports. Among those are an ophthalmological fungus, of gangrene, a leg problem (erypelate), ulcers, eye wound, tumors, swelling, tibia fracture, dislocation of the humerus, puncture of the neck, pain in the head, tendonitis, bleeding ulcer, contusion of the arm, ganglion of the hand, canker sore of the mouth, punctured[?] nerve, head pain, arm wound, arm contusion, urinary infection, scurvy, gingivitis (bad gums), hernia, gonorrhea from impure intercourse, a child with a raging cold ('but how did it happen that this evil has already returned several times this winter', V: p. 81), tonsillitis, the hare-lip, etc. The final section contains a dialogue between 'Philiater' (one interested in medical science), and 'Podalir' (meaning, in obstetrics, in birth where the fetus is turned so that the feet emerge first in delivery. / Joannes Muys was a Dutch medical doctor. Mettler, the medical historian, called Muys one of the chief early writers on spina bifida and hydroachitis. Muys later became mayor of Leiden. REFERENCES: Krivatsy, NLM, 8223 [Decas prima & secunda, only].
(Inventory #: M14555)