Sylvius (Franciscus; also known as Franz de le Boë). Dr, Franciscus de la Boe Sylvius. Of Children's Diseases: Given in a familiar style for weaker capacities. With an Apparatus or Introduction explaining the author's principles: As also a Treatise of the Rickets, 1st edition in English, George Downs 1682, 148 pp., p. 129 with marginal slip of paper attached (frayed), some light spotting and soiling, contemporary acid-mottled calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Pechey (1655-1716), English medical writer and apothecary, with his ownership inscription (spelt 'John Peache') to front and rear blanks Wing L803B. One of the earliest works on paedriatrics in English, with additional notes and references by the translator, Richard Gower, a student of the author's. Sylvius (1614-1672) was professor of medicine at the University of Leiden and is considered the founder of iatrochemistry, though is best remembered today for identifying various regions of the brain including the Sylvian fissure and the Sylvian aqueduct.
Sylvius (Franciscus; also known as Franz de le Boë). Dr, Franciscus de la Boe Sylvius. Of Children's Diseases: Given in a familiar style for weaker capacities. With an Apparatus or Introduction explaining the author's principles: As also a Treatise of the Rickets, 1st edition in English, George Downs 1682, 148 pp., p. 129 with marginal slip of paper attached (frayed), some light spotting and soiling, contemporary acid-mottled calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1) Provenance: John Pechey (1655-1716), English medical writer and apothecary, with his ownership inscription (spelt 'John Peache') to front and rear blanks Wing L803B. One of the earliest works on paedriatrics in English, with additional notes and references by the translator, Richard Gower, a student of the author's. Sylvius (1614-1672) was professor of medicine at the University of Leiden and is considered the founder of iatrochemistry, though is best remembered today for identifying various regions of the brain including the Sylvian fissure and the Sylvian aqueduct.
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