Amsterdam edition of a medical textbook on classical and modern opinions on human fluids, including women's menstrual fluids. First published at London in 1709 it nevertheless expounded theories of famous Dutch scientists, like Van Leeuwenhoek, Delft pioneering father of microbiology, and Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731), Amsterdam professor of anatomy and botany, probably part of the reason an Amsterdam edition appeared so quickly.
Martin Lister (ca. 1638-1712), a naturalist, physician and enthusiastic antiquarian, best known for his works on shells, also adapted Goedart's work on insects for an English edition. In 1709 he was appointed second physician to Queen Anne, to whom the present book is dedicated.
Fine copy. Blake p. 273; BMN, p. 2; not in Garrison & Morton; Waller.