Title: The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy (Originally De Sedibus et Causis Morborum per Anatomen Indagatis)
Author: Giovanni Battista Morgagni (The celebrated Italian anatomist recognized universally as the "Father of Modern Pathological Anatomy")
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library (A Division of Gryphon Editions, Ltd., Birmingham, Alabama)
Publication Date: 1983 (Special Edition Copyright)
Edition Type: A premium, deluxe three-volume facsimile reprint of the historic 1769 London edition, which was the first English translation by Benjamin Alexander, M.D.
Binding & Features:
Full premium tan/brown top-grain leather binding across all three volumes.
Hubbed spines with raised bands and 22kt gold gilt lettering and decorative filigree.
Elegant gold gilt rectangular framing and central crest stamped on the front and back covers.
All edges gilt (brilliant gold page edges) with built-in dark silk ribbon page markers.
Marbled/moire pattern endsheets.
Condition Notes: These heavy volumes have a very tight binding and have been well kept with only minor shelf wear.
Interesting Notes about this title:
Before Morgagni published this monumental work in 1761 (at the age of 79!), medical science treated illness as a general imbalance of bodily fluids or "humors" sweeping through the whole body. If a person was sick, doctors looked at their overall temperament.
Morgagni completely upended this ancient way of thinking. By performing thousands of meticulous autopsies over decades, he proved that diseases are localized in specific organs and tissues. He directly connected a patient's clinical symptoms in life to the actual physical changes found in their organs after death.
This three-volume set shifted the entire course of medical history from philosophical guesswork to exact anatomical observation, effectively laying the groundwork for all modern clinical pathology, diagnosis, and specialized organ-based medicine.
Title: The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy (Originally De Sedibus et Causis Morborum per Anatomen Indagatis)
Author: Giovanni Battista Morgagni (The celebrated Italian anatomist recognized universally as the "Father of Modern Pathological Anatomy")
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library (A Division of Gryphon Editions, Ltd., Birmingham, Alabama)
Publication Date: 1983 (Special Edition Copyright)
Edition Type: A premium, deluxe three-volume facsimile reprint of the historic 1769 London edition, which was the first English translation by Benjamin Alexander, M.D.
Binding & Features:
Full premium tan/brown top-grain leather binding across all three volumes.
Hubbed spines with raised bands and 22kt gold gilt lettering and decorative filigree.
Elegant gold gilt rectangular framing and central crest stamped on the front and back covers.
All edges gilt (brilliant gold page edges) with built-in dark silk ribbon page markers.
Marbled/moire pattern endsheets.
Condition Notes: These heavy volumes have a very tight binding and have been well kept with only minor shelf wear.
Interesting Notes about this title:
Before Morgagni published this monumental work in 1761 (at the age of 79!), medical science treated illness as a general imbalance of bodily fluids or "humors" sweeping through the whole body. If a person was sick, doctors looked at their overall temperament.
Morgagni completely upended this ancient way of thinking. By performing thousands of meticulous autopsies over decades, he proved that diseases are localized in specific organs and tissues. He directly connected a patient's clinical symptoms in life to the actual physical changes found in their organs after death.
This three-volume set shifted the entire course of medical history from philosophical guesswork to exact anatomical observation, effectively laying the groundwork for all modern clinical pathology, diagnosis, and specialized organ-based medicine.
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