Réflexions nouvelles sure les causes des maladies

Paris: Laurent d’Houry, 1687. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, board edges gilt, edges sprinkled red; somewhat foxed and some marginal staining not affecting text. First edition of this monograph on the nature of diseases. Divided into six parts, the text explores the humors and vital fluids of the body, birth defects and hereditary illness, diseases that result from external and internal changes to the body, and intestinal and stomach ailments.

Saint-André (d. ca. 1700) was a French doctor and ordinary physician to the king. Author of numerous scientific texts, he was also interested in the intersection of magic and medicine.