GESSCHER, D. van — Heelkundige Mengelstoffen.

Amsterdam, By Frederik de Kruyff, Boekverkooper, op de Zeedyk, by de Kolksluis, 1778. 8vo. W. a small woodc. vign. on printed title. Contemp. full tree clf., both covers with gilttooled floral ornaments in the corners, a single guilt rule and a single gilttooled dotted line; a third border consists of a line of floral ornaments.; Spine in 7 compartments, gilt, w. sp. label. (Top of spine lefthand portion dam.). [*8, **2, A-Z8, 2A8, 2B4]. (XVIII, II, 390, I (errata), I (Blank) pp.). (With the lovely original comb marbled endp.). (Upper blank endp. w. a small libr st. 'Ex Libris A.Kooman' [dated in ink 22-8-'36) & a signature in pencil 'Ex Libris Michael Konings ex Helmond 1831'). Very good copy. DMB 664 - 665: Van Gesscher (1735 - 1810) was a skilled surgeon with an extensive practice in Amsterdam. '...qualified as a surgeon ... 1670. ... Together with A. Bonn he was one of the founders of the "Genootschap ter Bevordering der Heelkunst" ... designed some surgical apparatuses e.g one for administering a tobacco enema... and an instrument for dilating the urethra.': Hirsch vol. III, p. 731: '[Gesscher] ... war der Erfinder der Tabaks-Clystiere (1767) ... wirklich sehr gute Bücher, welche Zeugniss ablegen von des Verfassers ausgedehnter theoretischen Entwicklung und tüchtigen chirurgischen Kenntniss.': BMN vol. I, p. 298: Blake, p. 174: Studies on lithotomy, diseases of the eyelid and cancer.