Diseases of women, and venereal diseases

  • Astruc, Jean, 1684-1766.
Date:
1723
Reference:
MS.7332
Part of:
Astruc, Jean (1684-1766)
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Description

Lectures on the diseases of women and venereal diseases delivered by Jean Astruc, transcribed by Jean Marchon MD. Original pagination 1-286 and unnumbered. Original mottled calf binding, lettered 'Morbi Mullier & Vene' on spine. The words 'Morbi mulierum & veneris' can be discerned through the front paste-down'.

Publication/Creation

1723

Physical description

210 ff. (93-99, 143-210 largely blank). 1 vol., 237 x 170mm.

Acquisition note

Purchased from Jeremy Norman, 1997.

Biographical note

A fair copy of Astruc's lectures at the university of Montpellier, where he occupied one of the chairs of Medicine from 1722 to 1728. The identity of Jean Marchon has not been established. He records the dates of completion of his two transcripts at ff. 92r. and 142r. respectively.

Ownership note

Author's inscription 'Ex libris Joannis Marchon Doctoris Medici 1724' at f. 3v.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

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  • acc. 350436