A. RIBEIRO Y SÁNCHEZ - SOBRE LA SALUD DE LOS PUEBLOS Y LOS TERREMOTOS - 1781

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    Subject: Old book of the XVIII century, Medicine, Public Hygiene, Community Health, Historical Seismology.

    Publication: Madrid, Ibarra, 1781.

    Description: 8º (17 cm.) Cover, XXI pages, 376 pages. Period Valencian paste binding with gilt and tejuelo on the spine.

    Conservation: Book in very good condition clean and strong paper. Binding with general wear.

    Notes: A pioneer work of the 18th century that merges medicine with public health and the observation of natural phenomena. Written by the celebrated Portuguese physician and encyclopedist Antonio Nunes Ribeiro Sanches, this treatise is an invaluable testimony to the health and scientific concerns of its time.

    The book comprehensively addresses: The influence of climate on human health Hygienic conditions in key institutions such as hospitals, convents, prisons and military barracks. A crucial section devoted to considerations on earthquakes, analyzing their causes and effects, with a special focus on the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755.

    This work is not only an essential historical document for the understanding of medicine and hygiene in the 18th century, but also a fascinating reflection of Enlightenment thinking in the face of community health and natural disasters.

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