Scavini, Giovanni Maria (1761-1825)

Ristretto medico. Possibly lectures given to students by an unnamed physician or surgeon, with examples from his own practice: he was a follower of the doctrines of John Brown [1735-1788], and there is a summary of the Brunonian 'Theory of Excitability' following the main text. This is by a different hand: as is a final section headed 'Dei mali del capo'. The date 1804 appears in the section 'Della splenitide' at the end of Section 10. Produced in Turin?

c. 1805

1 volume 116 ll. 4to. 25 × 19 cm. Original quarter calf binding, lettered 'Ristre[tto] Medic[o]', 'G.S.'.

Purchased 1919.

It seems probable that the author may have been Giovanni Maria Scavini [1761-1825], professor of clinical surgery at Turin University, and this MS. has been tentatively entered under his name.

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).