ZWINGER, Theodor (1658-1724): — Fasciculus dissertationum medicarum selectiorum.
Basel, Joh. Ludovici Koenig, 1710, in-8vo, 6 unn. leaves (including a title-page in red & black, loosening) + 649 p. + 8 leaves (last blanc), illustrated with three and half pages of engraved music, browning throughout, contemporary vellum. First edition of this interesting and rare collection of medical (and psychological) theses written under Zwinger and some of his great assistence. Noteworthy the paper on home-sickness by Johann Hofer ÔDe Pothopatridalgia. Vom Heim WeheÕ with the engraved music Ôder KŸhe-ReihenÕ (ranz des vaches). Hofer writes, that especially Swiss legionaries (from Gruyre) in foreign services were worried by home sickness (le mal du pays). Singing their native songs like the ÔRanz des VachesÕ had a soothing effect on them, and it happened more than once that they returned home after hearing this song, often sung by Swiss soldiers in both opposite armies. Theodor Zwinger was professor at Basel; it is due to him that modern medical and natural scientific perceptions were accepted at Basel and that future generations could build on the results he and his contemporary fellow scientists had achieved. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Buess, Portmann. Molling, Theodor Zwinger III; Wolf, Biographien III, p. 119 ff.