Sales catalogue: Maggs Bros

Date:
9 April 1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/178
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    5/10
    The first déals with the origin of the plague, its symptoms, and its infectiousness. In connection with this, Brunschwig affirms the infectiousness from man to man. In the third chapter he expresses his opinion on syphilis. The Second treatise deals with behaviour during times of plague, The third and fourth, which are given in great detail, are on practical medicine and Brunschwig draws on his own experiences in curing plague-patients. The numerous interesting woodcuts | show various scenes of sickness, dispensaries, a distillery, and an illustration of blood-letting. This book on the plauge by Brunschwig is the most important and original of the works of the ee aa century on this subject. Kaum einer der anderen Dia tewakéan ten bietet auch nur eine kleine Spur Higenes, kaum einer bringt so viel neves, wie nebenbei der Strassburger Wundarzt, auch Stainhéwel vielleicht nicht. (Sudhoff, Deutsche Medizinische Incunabeln, p.188), ~