Huxham Joanne - De Aere et Morbis Epidemicis - 1773

Joanne Huxham. Observations on the Air and Epidemic Diseases. Venice, Lorenzo Basiglio, 1773. Rare Venetian edition of the famous medical-meteorological treatise on the correlation between climate changes and the spread of infectious diseases by the renowned English physician. The work crosses meteorological data of atmospheric pressure, temperature, winds and rainfall with the epidemics observed in Plymouth, England. And finally, with its own small opusculum Opusculum de Morbo Colico (1724), a treatise on the widespread colic disease of Devonshire. Bindings in period soft cover. Beautiful plate depicting a particular Wind Rose in the frontispiece. Dimensions 20x13, 162 pages, 2nn (continuous pagination). Excellent condition.