Richard Mead - Opera medica figuris illustrata, ac variis mendis, diligentissime expurgata - 1758

Medical figures illustrated, carefully corrected for various errors - 1. On the influence of the Sun and Moon on the human bodies, ... 2. On Smallpox ... 3. Rhazes ... The last two of which were translated from English into Latin.
by Richard Mead
pp. (12) 202 (2) + 56 accompanied by 5 plates in folio, folded multiple times, engraved by N. Orazi.
Contemporary full parchment binding with a title on the spine - Beautiful engraving on the frontispiece of the work by B. de Grado - Skillfully decorated headbands, tailpieces, and initials - some insignificant foxing and a few browning.
Test the Latin on 2 columns.
Dimensions in cm 24 x 18
Ex Typographia Benedicti Gessari
Neapoli 1758
Excellent condition

Note: Famous collection of writings by the great British physician Richard Mead (Stepney, August 11, 1673 – London, February 16, 1754). The work includes, in addition to the renowned writings on smallpox, measles, and the plague, a curious study on the influence of the moon and sun on human health, a numismatic interest work on coins minted in ancient Greek Smyrna dedicated to famous doctors, and the well-known treatise on poisons divided into six parts dedicated to viper venom, tarantula venom, the hydrophobic dogs (the author considers hydrophobia as a disease caused by venom), poisons of mineral and plant origin, opium, poisons of land, air, and water. Some plates illustrate the skeletal structure of a viper and another of a centipede, a tarantula, a scorpion, and three poisonous lichens.
Finally, the author also proposes the most suitable substances for treatment.