Herculis Saxoniae - Medicinae 1682 Polonica, Zamosc Academy, Polish quilt

Herculis Saxoniae - Medicinae 1682 Polonica, Zamosc Academy, Polish quilt

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Today we dare to recommend this unique polonik, although not an old Polish print.

HERCULIS SAXONIAE PATAVINI IN PATRIO GYMNASIO MEDICINAE,

Practicae quondam Proferroris celeberrimi. Opera Practica quibus hac Nona editione accesserunt quae Pagina versa Indicature … 

Patavii 1682; pp. (2), VI, 572, double-column printing; format folio: 23x34 cm 

The old print includes, among others:

A 50-page chapter on the Polish quilt - that is, De Pilica, the full name 'De Pilica Polonica' is given in the table of contents - started with a preface by the rector of the Zamość Academy dated 1599. It is therefore an interesting source material illustrating the activities of the first years of the Zamość Academy and the existence of Zamość As such. Further on, there is a text describing the issues of naming, where Polish names are used: Barszcz, Koltvn, Koltvnum, Gozdziec and their variants, here we also find a reference to the Zamość Academy. Finally, the chapter itself is preceded by a 4-page "Prefatio ad Lectorem" where there are also references to Poland, including the name of Tarnowski.

In the rest we find the following. chapters:
Omnia quam ante cura emendatiore (pars prima).
Praelectionum, Practicarum (pars secunda)
Praelectionum practicarum (Pars tertia).
In qua agitur de affectibus mulierum -
Patauini Professoris Medici Primarij : De febribus Proemium - De Melancholia - De Lue Venera - De Pulsibus - de Vrinis.

In all chapters, the whole medical knowledge about given diseases is given, with reference to the predecessors from Galen. Numerous treatments for a given disease are given with very extensive and transparent prescriptions for various types of drugs.

About the author:
Ercole Sassonia known as: Hercules de Saxonia, Hercules Saxonia Patavinus, or Hercules of Saxon (1551 – 1607) . He was born and died in Padua and was one of the great Italian clinicians of the Renaissance. He was educated in his hometown and completed his medical studies at the University of Padua. In 1575 he became professor of medical practice. Known as a teacher, he was invited to Vienna by Emperor Maximilian II, where he remained until 1600. His main scientific works concerned diagnostics, skin diseases and venereal diseases.

HALF-SKIN HARDCOVER FROM EPOCH, WITH EMBOSSED CONNECTIONS. COLORED ENDPAPERS

GOOD CONDITION/ abrasions to the edges of the spine and corners, minor typographical errors with page numbering, typical for that era, local discoloration of the paper.

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