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CANGIAMILA, Francisco E

Kort Begryp van de Embryologia Sacra ofte Verhandelinge Der Plichten van de Priesters, Genees-Heeren, Chirurgyns en Vroedvrouwen, jegens de Kinderen, die nog niet geboren zyn: Eerst beschreven voor den Eerweêrdigen Heere Franc. Eman. Cangiamila, En na den
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Hubertus Bincken
1780
€120 - €160

8vo, xvii, [i], 170, [iv] pp. Neatly rebound in full leather (antique style)

"Not in Garrison & Morton. Ref. B.M.N. I, 137 ; Blake 77. Uncommon Dutch translation of ""Sacra embryologia"" (1758). This treaty aims to ensure the eternal salvation of the child in cases of difficult childbirth, through caesarean section. Needham, Hist. of Embryology, 182-83: ""Cangiamila .... became Archipriest at Cirgenti in 1731, and had distinction of baptising the first infant delivered by Caesarean section in Sicily. He was lecturer at Palermo in 1742 and Vicar-general and provincial Inquisitor in 1755"

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