Der Gebrauch und Nutzen des Tabackrauchclystiers (The Use and Benefits of the Tobacco Smoke Enema)
Regensburg: J. L. Montag & J. H. Gruner, 1772. Third edition. Small quarto. Collation: )(4, A-N4 (= 56 leaves). [8], 104pp; 2 folding engraved plates. Title in red and black. Recent full brown morocco, embossed in blind, spine with raised bands and gilt ornaments. Dampstain at fore-margin final four leaves (affecting margins of plates, just extending into images). Else a fine copy, crisp and clean on very heavy stock.
Third edition of this detailed treatise on the tobacco-smoke enema, first published in 1757. "It was the author's intention to popularize the use of tobacco-smoke clysters in the treatment of various diseases... In 1752 he completed a machine which met his requirement,s and he has used it successfully since then" (Arents). Despite the dangerous character of the tobacco-smoke therapy, its use increased in the XVIIIth century, largely through the influence of English and German physicians. Schaeffers work became a textbook on the subject and passed through several editions. At the verso of the title-page appears a quote attributed to the physician Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707): Necessitas medicinam invenit, experientia perfecit (Medicines are produced out of necessity, but perfected by experience.) Second plate signed J.N. Maag of Ratisbon (draughtsman and engraver). Item #53601
References: Arents III, 807; Blake 405 (only later eds.); Immensack 1547; Neu 3694.
Price: $850.00