Inventum novum ex percussione thoracis humani ut signo Abstrusos Interni Pectoris Morbos Detegendi

Very rare first edition, first issue (without the errata printed on verso of F8) of "one of the greatest of medical classics" describing a new method of physical diagnosis—thoracic percussion, namely, tapping a patient’s chest and determining from the resultant sound whether it was healthy or diseased. (Inventory #: 45)