Guattani, Carlo (1707-1773)

Trattato generale e particolare de Tumori e delle Ulcere; colla giunta di varie operationi chirurgiche. The leaf before the title contains an account of a cure, effected by the writer of the MS., of a boy suffering from acute fever. Probably a student's notes of lectures, as the t.p. states that the MS. is written 'Sotto la disciplina dell'Excellentissimo Signo Carlo Guattani Primo Chirurgo Pontificio'. Produced in Rome.

1766

1 volume 1 l., 448 pp. 8vo. 19 × 13 cm. Original vellum binding. Many leaves affected by damp.

Purchased 1919.

Guattani, Carlo, 1707-1773

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).