Pasta, Andrea (1706-1782) (& others)

Notes on diseases and their treatment: in Latin. Extracted from the writings of Andrea Pasta and others: with some cases. The first work (16 ff.) has a title: 'Andreae Pasta Bergomensis de Morbo Gallico', and also contains his 'De morbillis et variolis'. This is followed by 'Ternio 1', ending at Ternio 7, each of which contains accounts of diseases with their remedies and includes illustrative cases. Inserted loose before 'Ternio 1' is a receipt signed 'Fr[ancesc]o Zorati', by a hand resembling that of the MS., and perhaps written some years later. A MS. title on the spine could also possibly read 'Fran. Zorati Pract[ica]'. Produced in Bergamo?

mid-18th century

1 volume 118 ll. 4to. 24 × 16 cm. Original boards. Two leaves have been cut out before fol. 107: ff. 52, 74, 94, 107 are mutilated.

Purchased 1932.

The author was a physician and antiquary of Bergamo, and a pupil of Morgagni at Padua.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).