Medicine.- Bartholin (Thomas) & Bartholin (Erasmus)

De nivis usu medico observationes varia, FIRST EDITION, 3 parts in one, title in black and red, 1 engraved plate, 2 different woodcuts on 1st and 3rd title pages, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some browning throughout, printed ex libris (Zlatko Ivan Pozeg) on front pastedown, contemporary boards covered in red paper, handwritten label on spine, rubbed, [Thorndike, VIII, 323; Wellcome II, 107; Waller 726], 8vo, Petrus Haubold, Copenhagen, 1661.

*** The Danish physician Thomas Bartholin was best known for his work on the lymphatic system and his studies on anatomy. In the present work he describes, for the first time since Avicenna, the use of refrigeration as anaesthetic method for surgery. The second part is a work by Thomas younger brother, Erasmus, on snow crystals. The third part is a catalogue of Thomas Bartholin’s works, listing forty-five titles.