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François Quesnay's Treatise on the Effects and Use of Bloodletting is an important work for several reasons:
- It marked the beginning of physiocratic medicine, a school of medical thought that has had a huge influence on modern medicine.
- He presented a scientific approach to understanding the causes and treatments of diseases, based on observation and experimentation.
– He helped promote bloodletting as a medical treatment, although this practice was later abandoned due to its dangerousness.
In short, François Quesnay's Treatise on the Effects and Use of Bloodletting is an important work for understanding the evolution of medicine in the 18th century as well as for appreciating the ideas and contributions of François Quesnay to this field.
Fawn sheepskin binding, spine with ornate raised bands.
Copy in average general condition: the binding is quite rubbed with small pieces of leather missing here and there, small puncture in the margin of the first eight pages, missing the frontispiece portrait, other small defects.
(Walleriana, 7706) 66874233
