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HELMONT, Joannes Baptista van (1579-1644). Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem ad vitam longam . Edited by Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1618-1699) - Opuscula medica inaudita. I. De lithiasi. II. De febribus. III. De humoribus Galeni. IV. De peste. Editio secunda multo emendatior . Amsterdam: Ludovic Elzevir, 1648. 4 o (192 x 152 mm). Contemporary vellum (a bit soiled). FIRST EDITION of Ortus medicinae ; second edition of Opuscula medica inaudita . Helmont, dissatisfied with the "useless logic" of traditional learning, pursued knowledge of the first principles of nature through experimentation. Like Paracelsus, whom he followed, his search was universal: "He sought a cosmological system and a unified view of natural science which would embrace all phenomena" (PMM). Garrison-Morton 665; Heirs of Hippocrates 409; NLM/Krivatsy 5442; Norman 1048; Osler 2929; PMM 135; Waller 4307; Wellcome III, p.241. [ With :] HELMONT. Opuscula medica inaudita. I. De lithiasi. II. De febribus. III. De humoribus galeni. IV. De peste . Cologne: J. Kalcoven, 1644. 3 parts in one volume, 8 o . (Some minor worming at margins of title-page and first few gatherings, heavily annotated throughout, ink stain affecting gathering "L" of last part.) Contemporary vellum (some light soiling). Provenance : early signature on title-page. FIRST EDITION of parts I and III, second edition of part II ( De febribus and De humoribus ). NLM Krivatsy 5441; Osler 2931; Wellcome III, p. 241. (2)