Head problems, mineral waters

Histoire des maladies de la teste. Matière médicale. On p. 374: 'Fin des maladies de la tête suivant le sentiment de Mr Chirac, proffesseur [sic] en l'université de Montpelier, escrites par Barthélemi Captier de Limoux'. The second part is headed: 'Matière médicale par Monsieur Chirac'. At the end of the second part is 'Manière de découvrir ce que les eaux minérales contiennent, tireè de la Faveur' (i.e. Sébastien Matte La Faveur [fl. c. 1660]), who published a 'Pratique de Chymie' at Montpellier in 1671. This is followed by 'Doses exactes des remèdes usuels' by Captier. Produced in Montpellier.

c.1700

1 volume 374 pp. + 168 pp. + 73 ll. + 6 ll. last 5 bl.. 4to. 29 x 16 cm. Original calf binding worn. A t.p. seems to be wanting.

Purchased 1933.

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).