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Item #71495 Die Konigl Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit. Karl Gustav Schmalz.
Die Konigl Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit...

Die Konigl Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit...

Scarce 1819 Saxon Compilation of Laws Concerning Public Health Schmalz, Karl Gustav. Die Konigl. Sachsischen Medizinal-Gesetze Alterer und neuerer Zeit; Nebst den Offiziellen Belehrungen fur das Publicum Uber Ansteckende Krankheiten unter Menschen und Vieh, Uber Nahrungsmittel und Gifte. Dresden: In der Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1819. xx, 561 pp. Folding table. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, hand-lettered paper title label to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, light soiling to final page. A scarce title. $950. * Only edition. A valuable source for research into the history of medicine and public health in Germany, this book is a compilation of laws in force in 1819 relating to epidemics, the purity of food and drugs, treatment of the dead and care of the insane, along regulations regarding the dead, children, veterinarians, pharmacists and surgeons. Each section is divided into many sub-sections, all with introductions and citations to the relevant legislation. OCLC locates 10 copies, none in North America. Hirsch, Biographisches Lexikon der Hervorragenden Arzte aller Zeiten und Volker V:89.

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