66 - Biology - Botany - Wittich, Johannes. On Ligno Guayaco, the “wonder tree,” known as Res nova; on China, from the West Indies; on Sarssa Parilla; on Frenchwood (Sassafras); and on Grießholz, also known as Lignum Nephriticum, etc. All of which are, in part, quite useful for treating fevers, dysentery, dropsy, and kidney stones, along with other chronic ailments, and since the ways in which they are prepared and used in the places where they grow have not yet been published in print: they have now been diligently compiled for the benefit and use of all surgeons and barbers. Leipzig, Lantzenberger, 1592. 22 leaves. 19.5 x 15 cm. New cardboard binding.

Biology - Botany - Wittich, Johannes. On Ligno Guayaco, the “wonder tree,” known as Res nova; on China, from the West Indies; on Sarssa Parilla; on Frenchwood (Sassafras); and on Grießholz, also known as Lignum Nephriticum, etc. All of which are, in part, quite useful for treating fevers, dysentery, dropsy, and kidney stones, along with other chronic ailments, and since the ways in which they are prepared and used in the places where they grow have not yet been published in print: they have now been diligently compiled for the benefit and use of all surgeons and barbers. Leipzig, Lantzenberger, 1592. 22 leaves. 19.5 x 15 cm. New cardboard binding. VD16 W 3828 - On Lignum Guayacum (guaiac wood), Chinese bark, sarsaparilla, sassafras, and Lignum Nephriticum for the treatment of diseases such as the “Indian plague” (syphilis). - With an ex libris by Élize Grendel (1899–1986), founder of the Pharmacy Museum in Gouda. - Slightly browned. *