FALLOPPIO. Tractatus De Compositione Medicamentorum dilucidissimus.

4to, Contemporary cadboard binding, mm. 206x146; 4, 67, i.e. 72, 12 leaves. Printer’s device on title page and at the end. Very good and fresh copy.

Rare first edition. Gabriele Falloppio was one of the greatest anatomists of the sixteenth century, a pupil of Vesalius. He taught at the University of Padua from 1551. He was the author of admirable anatomical discoveries, with fundamental contributions in osteology, myology, splanchnology. In his numerous anatomical studies he described the exact structure of the uterine tubes, also called the fallopian tubes, of the oculomotor muscles, of the chorda tympani, of the bony snail and of the aqueduct of the vestibule. In addition to being one of the most important scientists in the history of anatomy, he also made important contributions in comparative anatomy, botany, physiology and pharmacology. A sought-after doctor, he had an extensive clientele who called him to consult from all over Italy: in this sense he is also remembered for having treated and healed Paolo Manuzio.

The pharmacological merits of the fallopian were recently highlighted by A. Benedicenti in the work Malati, Medici and Pharmacists, who indicates it as one of the most illustrious pharmacologists of the 16th century.