RUDIUS, EUSTACHIUS. 1551-1611.


De pulsibus libri duo. Qui omnia, quae a Galeno decem et octo libris de pulsibus dicta sunt, brevi...accurata methodo complectuntur. Frankfurt: Johannes Spies & heirs of Romanus Beatus, 1602. 8vo (151 x 94 mm). Modern vellum. Margins trimmed affecting a few shoulder notes, some browning. FIRST EDITION. This synopsis of Galenic pulse doctrine by Eustachius Rudius is very rare. Born in Belluno, Rudius studied at Padua and in 1599 was appointed to succeed Alessandro Massaria who held the chair of practical medicine at Padua. Whitteridge believes that Harvey attended his lectures at Padua while he was a student at the ancient university. Whitteridge, William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood pp 32-33. Very rare. Wellcome I, p 5608.