Observations physico-medicales sur les vers, qui se forment dans les intestins; ou l'on traite particulierement du taenia, autrement dit, le ver solitaire avec les differents moyens de traiter cette maladie. by DOEVEREN, Wouter Van (1730-1783) - 1764

Lyon,: Chez J. B. Reguilliat ; Paris, Chez Despilly, 1764., 1764. 180 x 107 mm. 12mo. xvii, [3], 369, (310)-328 pp. Headpieces, historiated initials, tailpieces, index; rear leaves water-stained. Original blue wrappers, inked paper spine label; rubbed. Untrimmed. Very good. [TITLE in English: Physico-medical observations on the worms that form in the intestines; with particular reference to taenia, i.e. tapeworms, and the various ways of treating this disease.] On intestinal worms, being the topic of his 1753 dissertation on tapeworms, or helminthiasis, in humans. Charles Bonnet wrote about tapeworms in 1743. Helminthiasis is often the result of poor sanitation as worm eggs contaminate the soil and are thus transferred to humans and other animals. This work also reflects the author’s time in Paris studying medicine in the mid-18th century. Blake, NLM, p. 124; Cushing D211; Hirsch/Hub. II, 286; Wellcome, II, p. 477. See: Teunis Willem van Heiningen, Wouter van Doeveren and Petrus Camper in Paris travel diaries, kept in the years 1752-1753, 1777 & 1787 and related correspondence. The Hague, 2014.