Della pachydermia (elefantiasi degli arabi) del dottor Primo Ferrari [...] lettura fatta all'Accademia Gioenia nella seduta ordinaria 24 Agosto 1879. Con due tavole

4to (295x205 mm). [4], 33, [3] pp. and 2 litographic plates. Editor's printed wrappers (minor marginal losses and tears, spine repaired). Autograph dedication by the author to Carlo Maggiorani, doctor, clinician, and politician, who was appointed senator of the Kingdom of Italy in 1871. A good copy.

Offprint of a medical essay on pachydermia, which the author refers to as ‘Arabian elephantiasis' (now known as elephantiasis or lymphatic filariasis). This essay was also published in the “Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania” (series 3, vol. 14, 1879, pp. 83-118) (cf. L'Accademia Gioenia di Catania: un sodalizio per il progresso scientifico. Catalogo della Mostra documentaria, Catania, 2017, p. 87). Ferrari was a professor and the director of the dermatology and venereology clinic at the University of Catania.

Italian Union Catalogue, IT\ICCU\PAL\0298971.

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