Libellus de Ardore Urinae et Difficultate urinandi . . . Ad communem neotericorum medicorum practicantium usum nuper editus.

SANTO, Mariano [MARIANUS SANCTUS] (1488-1577).

Verlag: Joan. Gryphius, 1558., Venetiis,, 1558

Beschreibung

Small 8vo. 27 ff. [with numerous mis-paginations within]. Collation: A-C8, D4. Later marbled wrappers. Early ink inscription 'di Giulio Alvisi Sulmona.' First edition of this 'little book' on heat in the urine and difficulty with urination, detailing recent methods by practitioners. 'In about 1520, a new method of perineal lithotomy was devised by Joannes de Romanis of Cremona (also known as Francisco Romano); but it was first published by his disciple Marianus Sanctus Barolitanus in 1522 and so became known as the Marian operation.' - Virtual Museum Cutting for the Stone. / Mariano Santo, pioneer lithotomist, surgeon, born and raised in Barletta, Italy, in 1488. In 1510 he relocated to Rome to study medicine. Becoming a surgeon, he also taught at Bologna University. He worked at the hospital of S. Maria della Consolazione in Rome; then, as a military surgeon, he participated in the war of Charles V against the Turks and learned some manual skills from the Turkish doctors; then he returned to practice his profession a Venice. He was also among the first to practice ligation of blood vessels in injured subjects. He wrote, De lapide renum; De lapide vesicae per incisionem extrahendo, Paris. REFERENCES: Wellcome I, p. 4055. See: Anthony R. Mundy, A history of the treatment of urethral stricture disease. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers M14248

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Titel: Libellus de Ardore Urinae et Difficultate ...

Verlag: Joan. Gryphius, 1558., Venetiis,

Erscheinungsdatum: 1558

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage