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Dissertatio inauguralis. physico medica De methodo vitam longam acquirendi, ejusque causis, : quam auxiliante supremo numine in illustri Academia Fridericiana rectore magnificentissimo, serenissimo principe ac domino, Dn. Philippo Wilhelmo, rpincipe [sic] Borussiae, ducatus Magdeburgici vicario. Praesidio magnifici academiae pro-rectoris Dn. Friderici Hoffmanni, Consil. et archiatri regii Med. et Phil. Nat. Prof. Publ. Ordin. Dn. patroni ac promotoris sui omni observantiae cultu prosequendi pro gradu doctoris obtinendo Add. Febr. MDCCVII. horis ante & pomeridianie

by: Hoffmann, Friedrich, 1660-1742; Cregut, Johann Daniel

Publication date: 1707

Topics: Longevity, Balsam poplar, Ambergris, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Imprint 1707

Publisher: [Halae, i.e Halle an der Saale, Germany] : Literis Christianis Henckelii

Collection: jcbgerman; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Latin

Place of publication supplied by Wellcome and the NLM online catalogue

Causes for longevity includes good blood circulation, proper diet, and cold air; the author mentions that people live longer in Brazil in America; mentions that Peruvian balsam, ambergris and other New World plants might extend life

Signatures: A-E⁴ (A1 verso blank)

Woodcut head piece; initial

Thesis (Medical)-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1707

Wellcome cat of printed books

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: many leaves, inlcuding title page, are closely cropped at foot of text block, affecting name of printer and last lines of text

John Carter Brown Library copy disbound

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund