Ars de statica medicina aphorismorum sectionibus septem comprehensa

by Santorio Santorio

$70,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Venice: Nicolo Polo, 1614. First edition, exceptionally rare, of the work that introduced quantitative experimentation into biological science and founded the science of metabolism. “Through most of the 17th and 18th centuries Santorio’s name was linked with that of Harvey as the greatest figure in physiology and experimental medicine because of his introduction of precision instruments for quantitative

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