RICHARD C. RAMER Special List 161 MEDICINE

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219. SZAPÁRY, Ferencz, Gróf. Magnetismo e magneto-therapia ou a arte
de curar pelo magnetismo (Magneto-therapia) segundo a escola moderna
por perguntas e respostas … traduzido do francez por J.H.T.C. de Miranda,
magnetisador e magnetopatha. 2 parts in 1 volume. Rio de Janeiro: Typ. do
Commercio de Brito & Braga, 1855. 8°, quarter cloth over plain boards
(loosening from boards); remains of marbled paper, text block edges
sprinkled blue-green. Wood-engraved vignette on title page. Flyleaves
and final leaf of text loose. Text fine, overall good. Oval blindstamp on
half-title of José Joaquim Pinheiro, Angra do Heroismo (Azores). Old
ink inscription “240” in upper outer corner of half title. xvi pp., (1 l.),
96 pp., (1 l.); 87 pp. 2 parts in 1 volume $250.00
First and only (?) Portuguese translation of the Hungarian author’s Katechismus des
Vital-Magnetismus zur leichteren Direction der Laien-Magnetiseurs, Leipzig, 1845. Includes
special sections on fits and somnambulism. There is also an interesting “Juramento
do magnetisador,” in which the practitioner promises not to divulge secrets told him
by a patient under hypnosis, not to seduce or even attempt to seduce women who are
hypnotized, and, if he finds some way of using hypnotism for nefarious purposes, never
to use it or instruct others how to do so. This translation was made from the French
translation published Paris, 1853.
j Not located in Innocêncio or Sacramento Blake. Not in Lisbon, Faculdade de
Medicina, Catálogo da colecção portuguesa. Not in Pires de Lima, Catalogo da Bibliotheca
da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto. Not located in NUC. Porbase locates a single copy
(but with only 87 pp.), in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Not located in WorldCat.
Not located in Copac.
220. TAVARES, Francisco. Advertencias sobre os abusos, e legitimo uso
das aguas mineraes das Caldas da Rainha, para servir de regulamento aos
enfermos que dellas tem precisão real. Publicadas de ordem da Academia Real
das Sciencias de Lisboa. Lisbon: Academia das Sciencias, 1791. 4°, later
wrappers. Dampstained throughout. Overall nearly good. (2 ll.), 37 pp.,
(3 pp. advertisement). $300.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Instructions to those seeking the cure at the baths of
Caldas da Rainha: how to prepare, what to do while undergoing treatment, and when
to visit them. Tavares was best known as a pharmacologist; his texts were used in the
Lisbon medical schools for some time.
j Innocêncio III, 71: calling for only 37 pp. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo
da colecção portuguesa I, 288-89. Pires de Lima, Catalogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-
Cirurgica do Porto 3967. Ferreira de Mira, História da medicina portuguesa p. 333, and pp.
9, 285, 302, 314, 325, 326 and 350. NUC: DNLM. Porbase locates 2 copies at the Biblioteca
Nacional de Portugal and one at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.