1963 De Catarrhis retailer 1672 Facsimile Richard Lower Richard Hunter I Macalpine Trans

'De Catarrhis' is an important work as it demonstrates Lower's investigation into the formation and circulation of cerebrospinal fluid. Contemporarily it was believed that catarrh and the inflammation of mucous membranes was caused by a seepage of brain fluid to the nose.

Lower explains a different method, using science, on how catarrh is created. This work marks the first scholarly attempt by an English physician to take a classical doctrine and belief and disprove it by scientific experiment.

First thus, the first edition of this facsimile.

Reprinted from the 1672 edition of this retailer work.

Edited and translated from the original Latin, with a biographical analysis by Richard Hunter and Ida Macalpine.

An important marker in the use of scientific evidence to disprove classical theory. Condition Report: In original paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with some minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Held in glassine wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot. Overall: Near Fine