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Lot 22 Pierre Chirac's lectures on medicine
Pierre Chirac (1650 - 1732) 
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana 
Pierre Chirac
1650 - 01.03.1732
Pierre Chirac was a French physician and chief physician to Louis XV.
Chirac received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Montpellier in 1683, and three years later became professor of medicine. He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in 1716, became head of the Royal Garden of Medicinal Plants in 1718, and was appointed physician to Louis XV in 1731. In the 1690s Chirac selflessly and successfully engaged in the treatment of rampant at that time dysentery, yellow fever, smallpox.
Pierre Chirac was one of the leading physicians of his time; with an inquisitive mind, he was interested in several fields of medicine. In 1692, he wrote a significant treatise on cardiology.
CHRISTIE'S
Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Date: 19.10.2023 10:00 UTC -05:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 357
Lot 27 Pharmako-Basanos: or, the Touch-stone of Medicines
John Floyer (1649 - 1734) 
Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science 
John Floyer
03.03.1649 - 01.02.1734
United Kingdom, England
John Floyer was an English writer and physician, known for introducing the practice of measuring heartbeats. He advocated cold baths and formulated the diagnosis of emphysema.
CHRISTIE'S
Printed and Manuscript Americana & Science
Date: 27.01.2023 10:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 214
Lot 288 D. JOHANN SCHRÖDERS PHARMACOPOEIA UNIVERSALIS, DAS IST: ALLGEMEINER MEDICINISCH-CHIMISCHER ARTZNEY-SCHATZ (...) DRITTER THEIL
A108 - Art and Antiques: Handicrafts 
Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
A108 - Art and Antiques: Handicrafts
Date: 11.03.2021 10:00 UTC +01:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 850
