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All auctions / Books, Maps & Manuscripts / D. Cauvet - Nouveaux éléments d'histoire naturelle médicale - 1877
Beautiful set in two volumes, enriched with 822 and 824 figures interleaved in the text. This scholarly treatise establishes a close link between the study of natural kingdoms and their application to medicine and pharmacy - The work methodically presents the classification of living beings, giving significant emphasis to medicinal plants, substances of animal origin, and minerals used in the therapeutics of the 19th century - The text also develops the foundations of pharmacognosy, analyzing the natural raw materials entering into the composition of remedies and explaining their preparation and administration methods - The author pays particular attention to medical botany, detailing plant families, their organs and their curative virtues, while integrating contemporary scientific knowledge from chemistry and physiology - The work highlights the relationship between humans and their natural environment, showing how natural resources can be exploited to prevent and treat diseases - D. Cauvet - Nouveaux éléments d'histoire naturelle médicale - 1877 - Tome I et II - J.-B. Baillière et Fils - 668 et 898 Pages - Good binding condition, volumes in their half-leather original bindings, marbled boards, wear from use, worn tops and corners, speckled edges, spine with raised bands, gilded titles, pagination and author’s name gilded - Good interior condition, some foxing, second edition revised and augmented with 822 and 824 figures interleaved in the text, marbled endpapers in good condition - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –
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