2 Medical Books. 1780. Strassbourg, Germersheim Pfalz

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Two 1780 Medical Books by Gottfried Samuel Bäumlers

Bound in One Volume

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First Book Title: Mitleidiger Arzt  (Compassionate Physician)

By Gottfried Samuel Bäumlers of Germersheim

5th Edition, with Additional Text by Georg Heinrich Behr of Strassbourg

Published in 1780

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Second Book Title: Kurze Beschreibung ...Fiebers

(Brief Description of the 1734 Fevers in Germersheim)

By Gottfried Samuel Bäumlers of Germersheim

Published in 1780

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Both Books Published in 1780 in Frankfurt and Leigzig, Germany

Both Books Published by Heinrich Ludwig Brönner

Pages: blank + 636;  48 + blank (Complete)

Size: 175 x 105 mm (7 x 4.25 inches)

German Language

Above:  In the Original Cover

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Above:  The Back Cover

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Above:  Title Page of the First Book

Above:  Both Title Pages State the 1780 Publication Date in Frankfurt and Leipzig, Germany

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Above:  Beautifully Printed.  German Language.

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Above:  The First Book Includes a Complete Index

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Above: Samuel Oberlyn u (und / and) Samuel Oberlyn

(The book owner's name written in German script and in English cursive.)

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The Front Endpapers have Previous Owner's Name

(Presumedly an American Owner, Samuel Oberlin)

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Previous Owner's Name on Front Endpaper:  Samuel Oberlin / Samuel Oberlyn

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Two Important Medical Book

Bound in One Volume

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Both Books by Gottfried Samuel Bäumler

Gottfried Bäumler was a physician in Germershein, a town in today's German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Thi town is located near the cities of Speyer, Landau, etc.

This region has been known as The Palatinate of the Rhine / Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein, and later was known as the Electoral Palatinate /Kurpfalz.  Part of this region became the Rhenish Palatinate / Rheinpfalz, on the west bank of the Rhine River.

The First Book: Mitleidiger Arzt  (Compassionate Physician)

This important medical book presents detailed instructions for home medical cures and medicine using herbal remedies and other medicine.  This book was designed to be used at home, by nursing non-professionals. This pharmacy and medical book presents cures for today's alternative medicine / Medizin.

The complete title of this medical book / Arzneibuch is: Mitleidiger Arzt, welcher überhaupt alle arme Kranke, insonderheit aber die abgelegene Landleute gründlich und aufrichtig lehret, wie sie mit gemeinen Hausmitteln und anderen nicht allzukostbaren Arzneyen sich selbsten curiren können.

The book's title page says that this is the fifth edition, with additions to the text by Georg Heinrich Behr.  This book was first published in 1731.

This edition includes an introduction and additional text by Georg Heinrich Behr of Strassbourg / Straßburg / in the Alsace  / Elsass region of today's France.  

This Georg Behr was the son of a surgeon. He studied medicine throughout Europe, including Boerhaave, Tübingen, Altorf, Vienna, Prague, Jena, Halle and Leipzig. He returned to Strasbourg in 1731. He served as Doctor of the Royal Auxiliary Military Hospital from 1734 to 1744.  Plus he was the physician of Josef zu Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach, and the physician to the Prince of Sangusko, Lithuania.  He is also remembered for authoring a booklet about the Strasbourg Cathedral, Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg.

Subjects in this book include: colic, pediatrics, delerium, melancholy, mental illness, rheumatism, worms, parasitology, eye diseases, ophthalmology, fevers, swelling of the feet, podiatry, liver disease, lung problems, menstruation, gynecology, ringworm, Rhine wine (as a cure?), salves and ointments, bladder problems, warts, etc etc.

The Second Book:  Fever in Germersheim, Germany, in 1734

This second book presents information about a plague or fever that struck Germersheim, Germany, in 1734.

This book was first published in 1735.  It is by the same author as the first book, and by the same publisher.

Condition: Nice Condition.  No library or institution markings.  Pages are mostly clean, with only a few minor smudges or spots. Pages and cover are securely attached. The cover's suface is scuffed.  The front cover has a small, one-inch crack to the joint along the edge of the spine.

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