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STORCK, Observations nouvelles sur l’usage de la cigüe, 1762
STORCK, Antoine.
Observations nouvelles sur l’usage de la cigüe.
Vienne / Paris, P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1762.
12mo (168x96 mm), lxv-(1)-406 pages and 1 folding plate. (half title is missing). binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt flat spine. Binding rubbed. Caps worn, litlle losses of leather. A tear on the plate, reinforced with tape.
Storck was one of the first to promote the internal use of hemlock for medical treatments. His experiments were instrumental in the controlled reintroduction of this poison into pharmacopoeia. He is famous for having conducted experiments on himself to test the boundary between therapeutic doses and toxic and lethal doses.
references: Garrison-Morton [9902 (ed. 1760) : "His studies are considered to be the pioneering work of experimental pharmacology and his method can be regarded as forming a blueprint for the clinical trials of modern medicine. He was convinced that plants regarded as poisonous still had medicinal applications if employed in carefully controlled quantities."].
provenance: Bookplate François Moutier.
Price : 150 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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