Hippocrate & M. Desmars - Épidémiques d'Hippocrate - 1767

Rare original edition of this French-language publication of the famous Hippocratic treatises dedicated to medical observations on collective diseases and epidemic phenomena.

This work is part of the eighteenth-century movement aimed at making ancient texts accessible to modern practitioners, accompanied by critical notes and philological comments.

Desmars' translation aims to restore the clinical precision of Hippocrates by describing symptoms, the progression of diseases, and environmental conditions that promote their appearance, while adapting them to the medical language of the Enlightenment.

This volume illustrates the continuity of the Hippocratic tradition in European medicine, linking empirical observation, reflection on natural causes, and practical usefulness for physicians.

It also demonstrates the importance given to the Hippocratic corpus in the medical training of the 18th century, where the study of epidemics was seen as essential for understanding public health and collective diseases.

Hippocrates & M. Desmars - Hippocrates' Epidemics - 1767 - La Veuve d'Houry
359 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full brown calf from the period, showing signs of wear, damaged headbands, worn edges, rounded corners, red edges, a spine decorated with gold tooling, and gilded titling on a maroquin panel.

Good interior condition, slight browning, small vignette on the title page, marbled endpapers.

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