Guglielmo Buchan - Medicina domestica - 1787

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Medicina domestica by Guglielmo Buchan is a seven‑volume Italian edition on popular medicine, published in Naples in 1787 (second Italian edition), complete and well preserved, totalling 3411 pages.

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Celebrated work of popular medicine (7 volumes) that appeared in English in 1769, it generated great interest and was translated into many languages. Written by Guglielmo Buchan, a doctor of the Royal College of Medicine in Edinburgh, it contains an extensive list of medical advice, such as personal hygiene, dietetics, and environmental behaviors. It also includes treatments for diseases such as smallpox, jaundice, childhood illnesses, syphilis, asthma, stroke, and eye diseases. The seven-volume work is complete and well-preserved. The last volume (seventh and eighth) contains a detailed general table of diseases arranged alphabetically. The first volume is dated 1787, published in Naples, and is the second edition in Italian. First volume p.564; second volume p.388; third volume p.491; fourth volume p.452; fifth volume p.455; sixth volume p.516; seventh and eighth, 268 and 280 pages respectively (a single volume containing two parts).

Celebrated work of popular medicine (7 volumes) that appeared in English in 1769, it generated great interest and was translated into many languages. Written by Guglielmo Buchan, a doctor of the Royal College of Medicine in Edinburgh, it contains an extensive list of medical advice, such as personal hygiene, dietetics, and environmental behaviors. It also includes treatments for diseases such as smallpox, jaundice, childhood illnesses, syphilis, asthma, stroke, and eye diseases. The seven-volume work is complete and well-preserved. The last volume (seventh and eighth) contains a detailed general table of diseases arranged alphabetically. The first volume is dated 1787, published in Naples, and is the second edition in Italian. First volume p.564; second volume p.388; third volume p.491; fourth volume p.452; fifth volume p.455; sixth volume p.516; seventh and eighth, 268 and 280 pages respectively (a single volume containing two parts).

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Number of Books
7
Subject
Medicine
Book Title
Medicina domestica
Author/ Illustrator
Guglielmo Buchan
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1787
Edition
Other edition
Language
Italian
Original language
No
Number of pages
3411
ItalyVerified
668
Objects sold
95.65%
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