阿塔纳修斯·基尔彻。1602-1680. 自然的和药物的渗透性，即所谓的鼠疫。奥格斯堡：雅各布·科普迈尔，1680年。

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KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS. 1602–1680.:Naturliche und medicinalische Durchgrundung der laidigen ansteckenden Sucht, und so genanten Pestilentz. Augsburg: Jacob Koppmayer, 1680.
8vo (165 x 105 mm). [8], 302, [18] pp. Later half vellum and marbled boards, black morocco spine label; very faint dampstain to portion of text block and occasional light foxing, an attractive copy in custom cloth slipcase and chemise.
Provenance: \”Coll. Soc. Jes. Augsburg 1702\” inscription at head of title.

FIRST GERMAN EDITION of Kircher\’s groundbreaking work of epidemiology, an account of an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Rome, first published as Scrutinium Physico-Medicum (Rome, 1658). \”Kircher was probably the first to employ the microscope in investigating the cause of disease … he was the first to state explicitly the theory of contagion by animalculae as the cause of infectious disease\” (Garrison-Morton). \”Kircher was perhaps the first to suggest that physicians themselves may spread the plague through unclean hands and instruments\” (Merrill). Garrison-Morton 5118; Krivatsy 6408; Merrill 15; Waller 5294.

阿塔纳修斯·基尔彻。1602-1680. 自然的和药物的渗透性，即所谓的鼠疫。奥格斯堡：雅各布·科普迈尔，1680年。