(MEDICINE)

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

printer

Andreas Seiler

Place

Memmingen

Publication

1789

Description

(RIBEIRO SANCHES, ANTONIO NUNES). Bemerkungen und Untersuchungen über den Gebrauch der Dampfbäder bey Verschiedenen Völkern, Insbesondere in Russland. [“Remarks and Researches Concerning the Custom of Steam Baths Among Various Peoples, Especially in Russia.”]

references

Friedenwald, p. 136

summary

Sanches was the first physician to publicize the therapeutic value of the Russian steambath. See JE, Vol. XI, p. 38

pp.160. Trace foxed. Contemporary wrappers. 12mo

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