BELLINI, LORENZO. 1643-1704.


De urinis et pulsibus. Bologna: Anton Pisarri, 1683. 4to (210 x 163 mm). Woodcut vignette on title and in a few other places. Contemporary vellum. Vellum slightly wrinkled. Some light marginal staining. Provenance: Joannis Bruno (early name on title). FIRST EDITION. Bellini recognized the significance of urine as a diagnostic aid, and "insisted on its chemical analysis in pathological conditions" (Garrison-Morton). A pupil of Giovanni Borelli (see lot 39), he applied his teacher's mechanical philosophy to medical theory. In this work he "began to develop his hydraulic iatromechanics theory ... in which he considered the blood as a physical fluid with simple mechanical and quantifiable properties" (Norman). Garrison-Morton 4162 and 762.1; Krivatsy 1069; Norman 178; Wellcome II, p 140.