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Title: De Subitaneis Mortibus Author: Lancisi, Giovanni Maria. Place: Rome Publisher: Francis Buagni Date: 1707 Description: [xxii], 243 pp. (4to) 23x17.5 cm (9x7") period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. First Edition. First edition of a work that "laid the foundation for a true understanding of cardiac pathology" (Garrison-Morton). "Lancisi studied at the Collegio de Sapienza in Rome where, after first studying theology, he graduated in medicine in 1672. He served for a time as a physician at the renowned Santo Spirito Hospital and then taught medical classics for five years at San Salvatore College before being appointed professor of anatomy at the Collegio de Sapienza. He taught anatomy for thirteen years and from then until his death was professor of the theory and practice of medicine. Commissioned by Pope Clement XI, to whom Lancisi was personal physician, this book represents one of the earliest epidemiological studies of non-communicable diseases. The volume deals with the pathogenesis of the unusual number of sudden deaths that occurred in Rome during 1705-1706. Lancisi also made one of the first attempts to etiologically group and classify heart diseases in this book." (Heirs to Hippocrates). Garrison-Morton 2731; Heirs of Hippocrates 687; Norman 1273; Wellcome III, p. 441. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and staining to binding; light foxing and some faint staining; very good. Item number: 240559