{"product_id":"lusitanus-amatus","title":"LUSITANUS, Amatus.","description":"\u003cp\u003e.Rare and attractive second Lyon edition of this extremely popular work by the Jewish Portuguese doctor Amatus Lusitanus (1511-68), credited with discovering the function of the heart valves, first published in Florence in 1551. The book begins with a short work on critical days occurring during a disease, describing the day-by-day progression of illnesses according to Galen and Hippocrates, running to twenty days. The main part of the work consists of the first two of Lusitanus s  centuries,  collections of one hundred case studies of cures, which are divided into a description of the illness and cure, each with a commentary called the  scholia. . \u003cbr\u003e\n. \u003cbr\u003e\n..Many of the cures are herbal. There is a useful index of cases, which include snake bites, head pain, uterine prolapse, fevers, mouth ulcers, pleurisy, hydropsy, nephritis, syphilis, diseases of the eye, elephantiasis, worms, mania, etc. There is a frequent emphasis on issues affecting women, especially during birth, including miscarriage, at least two cases of post-partum depression and mania, and emitting menstrual blood from the nose and mouth during labour. Lusitanus also describes the case of a girl from a noble family in Esgueira who, after reaching puberty, developed male genitalia instead of menstruating..\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LUSITANUS, Amatus.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57868721029455,"sku":"L4554","price":1450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/insidelusitanusp470.png?v=1781793349","url":"https:\/\/sokol-books-ltd.myshopify.com\/products\/lusitanus-amatus","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}