HELVETIUS, Jean-Adrien. Traité des maladies les plus fréquen - Lot 320

HELVETIUS, Jean-Adrien. Traité des maladies les plus fréquentes et des remèdes spécifiques pour les guérir, avec la méthode de s'en servir pour l'utilité du public et le soulagement des pauvres. Published in Liège by Jean-François Broncart in 1707. In twelve / In-12 format. Brown speckled calf. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilded boxes, fleurons and title. Red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. (17)-362-(11) pages, banderols, lettrines and culs-de-lampe in the text. Minor rubbing, cuts and corners dulled. An important work by the physician Jean-Adrien Helvétius (1661 or 1662 - 1727), famous for having introduced ipecac to Europe as an effective remedy for dysentery, which went through more than twenty editions in over half a century. After outlining how to recognize illnesses, pulses and crises, the author turns to the diet and ordinary remedies. The second part is devoted to the various methods of treating the most common illnesses. Handwritten bookplate on title page. A very fine copy, in its original binding.