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AILHAUD, Jean Gaspard. L’Ami des malades, ou Discours historique & apologétique sur la poudre purgative. 1774.
AILHAUD, Jean Gaspard.
L’Ami des malades, ou Discours historique &
apologétique sur la poudre purgative.
Paris, Méquignon Le Jeune, 1774.
12mo (163x96 mm), x-(2)-307 pages. binding : Contemporary full claret morocco. Flat spine gilt, titled in gilt on lettering-piece. Covers with double fillet gilt border and with florets cornerpiece. Single gilt fillet on edges. Gilt rolls on turn-ins. Gilt edges.
The famous purgative powder of Ailhaud true "universal medicine" is a preparation of scammony that cured all diseases.
Its success was enormous and made the richness of its inventor.
This book is a defense of this remedy against the growing criticism of the physicians of the time.
FINE COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO BINDING.
references: Dorbon [34].
Price : 750 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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