MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628-1694). De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica . Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1666. 4 o (237 x 179 mm). (Title lightly soiled, short internal marginal tear on X4.) Modern vellum, partly uncut. Provenance : some early marginalia. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of this collection of anatomical treatises, which includes Malpighi's classic treatise on the kidney, De renibus proemium , in which he described the uriniferous tubules as well as the "Malpighian bodies." It also includes the first description of Hodgkin's disease on pages 125-26. "Malpighi's studies of the kidney gave support to his iatromechanical theory of glands as secretion machines; he concluded that the glomeruli were in direct contact with both arteries and veins, and postulated a similar connection between the glomeruli and uninary vessels" (Norman). The final work included is his chief hematological treatise, De polypo cordis dissertatio , which contains Malpighi's demonstration that the polyps consisted of coagulum found in normal bood. Garrison-Morton 535 and 1230; NLM/Krivatsy 7331; Norman 1427.
MALPIGHI, Marcello (1628-1694). De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica . Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1666. 4 o (237 x 179 mm). (Title lightly soiled, short internal marginal tear on X4.) Modern vellum, partly uncut. Provenance : some early marginalia. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of this collection of anatomical treatises, which includes Malpighi's classic treatise on the kidney, De renibus proemium , in which he described the uriniferous tubules as well as the "Malpighian bodies." It also includes the first description of Hodgkin's disease on pages 125-26. "Malpighi's studies of the kidney gave support to his iatromechanical theory of glands as secretion machines; he concluded that the glomeruli were in direct contact with both arteries and veins, and postulated a similar connection between the glomeruli and uninary vessels" (Norman). The final work included is his chief hematological treatise, De polypo cordis dissertatio , which contains Malpighi's demonstration that the polyps consisted of coagulum found in normal bood. Garrison-Morton 535 and 1230; NLM/Krivatsy 7331; Norman 1427.
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