An absolutely spectacular First Edition 1612 Antique Medical Volume by French Surgeon Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613). This is a terrific 400+ year old medical volume in great condition. Leather binding. 100% complete with all pages and plates. Has some wear, see pics but in VG+ condition. This was well cared for in a private collection. rarely coming to market in the US!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE 1649 REPRINT!

A superior volume. Fine binding. 863 pages. The anatomical plates are derived from Vesalius, those of instruments are from Pare. In French with Greek and Latin references. Title in red and black. Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613) was a French surgeon noted for his contributions to obstetrics, ophthalmology and pediatrics. He worked at Hotel-Dieu de Paris and served as a surgeon to the French crown. He was the royal surgeon for Charles IX, Henry III, and Henry IV. He was the favored student (and son in law) of Ambroise Pare, whose work Guillemeau helped popularize. Wellcome III, p. 179. Garrison-Morton (citing Paris edition) 3669 for his contribution to dentistry, 5818 for his work on ophthalmology, and 6145.1 for his contribution to obstetrics. Association copy. Dr. Samuel Clark Harvey's book plate on front paste down. Samuel Clark Harvey (1886-1953) was a noted Yale surgeon. Harvery served with US Army forces in WWI under the direction of Dr. Cushing. Cushing later appointed him chief of surgery in Mobile Hospital No. 6, where he dealt with neurosurgical casualties. After the war Harvey returned to civilian practice and served as chairman of the Yale Department of Surgery 1922-1947. "In his philosophy of pedagogy he was far ahead of his time and was to a large extent responsible for the introduction of the unique method of teaching that is colloquially referred to as the "Yale system."He regarded the medical student as a mature adult who entered medical school with a sincere desire to learn, and he placed the responsibility for his education squarely upon the student himself rather than upon the faculty. A staunch and outspoken antagonist of the didactic lecture and quiz method of teaching, he believed that knowledge cannot be passively transferred or given away, but can be acquired only by an active, painstaking, and continuing process of discriminating study and reflection. He considered it the function of the teacher to arouse enthusiasm and stimulate interest in the students, to provide them with opportunities for pursuing these interests, to guide them in the use of the "experimental method," to help them develop habits of effective and sustained study-but above all to spark their curiosity and to develop within them a rational spirit of inquiry that would be a stimulus for learning and study long after they had left the protective aegis of school and teachers." Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Vol. 26, September 1953. Also, from the library of Dr. Gert H. Brieger. Dr. Brieger was the Chairman of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Brieger was presented this volume by the staff of the Johns Hopkins Press for his work as editor of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1990-2004. Includes related loose ephemera: a gift note from JHU Press, a write up of the Guillemeau's book, 2 copies of the program note for 33rd annual Samuel Clark Harvey Memorial lecture given in 1988 on Dr. Samuel Clark Harvery by Dr. Brieger.