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Rivière (Lazarus Riverius) was received as a doctor in 1611 and became a professor at the Faculty of Montpellier in 1622 where he took the chair of Laurent Coudin which he held until his death. There he acquired a great reputation as a practitioner. He was adviser and doctor to King Louis XIII.
His works, mainly his Institutiones medicae, have long served as a teaching text.
His Praxis medica (offered here) contains many therapeutic indications: there is the formula of the anti-emetic potion also called River Potion -
Lazare Rivière - The Practice of Medicine With the Theory of Lazare Rivière - 1682 - Volume II
Good condition of the binding, work in its period full brown leather, rubbing from use, blunt corners, rubbed crowns, spine with raised bands, red pigmented edges, gilt title and volume number -
Good condition inside, title page missing, pretty bands, beautiful initials, handwritten ex libris "Nicolas Vaillant" -
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