GEUNS, Matthias van.

Abhandlung über die epidemische Ruhr, besonders des Jahr 1783

...aus dem Holländischen überzetzt, und mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet. 367 pp. 8vo, cont. half-vellum & paste-paper boards, contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Düsseldorf: J.C. Dänzer, 1790. First edition in German (1st ed., in Dutch: 1784) and very rare. Geuns (1735-1817), took his medical degree at Leyden and spent two years in Paris studying at the Hôtel Dieu and Hôtel de la Charité. Upon returning to Holland, he studied further with Petrus Camper. After establishing a successful practice, Geuns was appointed professor of medical practice, chemistry, botany, and obstetrics at Harderwijk. In 1791, Geuns moved to Leiden where he assumed the chairs of theoretical and practical medicine. He founded a medical society, which today bears his name. The present work is concerned with an outbreak of dysentery in the province of Gelderland. Geuns describes in great detail the spread of the disease and the efforts taken to suppress it. He provides a number of case histories and pharmaceutical recipes. This German edition contains additional remarks by the translator, Dr. Johann Bernhard Keup. Fine copy. ❧ Lindeboom, Dutch Medical Biography, cols. 670-72.

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