RICHARD C. RAMER Special List 161 MEDICINE

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printed wrappers (some fraying and wear, especially to spine), stitched.
Woodcut arms of the Academia Real das Sciencias on title page. Small
dampstain in outer margins of first four leaves. On the whole, an uncut,
very good copy. “[Illegible] Pestana” inscribed on title page in ink, in
a contemporary hand. (1 l.), 46 pp., (1 l.), (2 ll. advertisement). $150.00
FIRST EDITION. Describes the cause, diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and recovery
from cholera. The names associated with this pamphlet are doctors Joaquim Xavier da
Silva, Ignacio Antonio da Fonseca Benevides, Wenceslau Anselmo Soares, and Francisco
Elias Rodrigues da Silveira.
j Innocêncio II, 228: calling for 47 pp. Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo
da colecção portuguesa II, 544. Pires de Lima, Catalogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-
Cirurgica do Porto 1435. Not located in Wellcome. NUC: DNLM. OCLC: 253146543
(Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz); 45633771 (New York Academy of
Medicine); 460398857 (Bibliothèque Nationale de France; giving the date of publication
as 1835). Porbase locates three copies, all in the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, but
some apparently without the advertisements), and cites two additional copies without
giving locations. WorldCat cites the three copies listed in OCLC. Not located in Copac.
Not located in the Wellcome Library online catalogue. Not located in LocatorPlus. Not
located in Hollis. Not located in Orbis.
123. [LISBON, Escola Real de Cirurgia]. Exposição do que occorreo
na abertura da Escola Real de Cirurgia de Lisboa, no dia 5 de Novembro de
1828, e entrega do Real Premio ao mais digno alumno da Escola. Lisbon: Na
Imprensa da Rua dos Fanqueiros N.) 129 B, 1828. 4°, contemporary
marbled wrappers. Clean and crisp. A very fine copy. 15 pp. $400.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Describes the ceremonies in honor of the establishment of
the Escola Real de Cirurgia de Lisboa, attached to the Hospital Real de São José, including
the dignitaries who were present (including the King, D. Miguel; D. João VI appeared
in effigy) and the award of a surgical kit for cataract operations to the most outstanding
student (João Tavares de Macedo). The principal oration (pp. 10-13) was given by the
distinguished physician, liberal political figure, and author of both literary and scientific
works, António José de Lima Leitão, who had occupied the chair of Clinical Medicine
at the Real Escola since 1825.
The Real Escola was established in 1825, at the instigation of an army surgeon, as one of
the Regias Escolas de Cirurgia. Its purpose was to alleviate the dearth of trained physicians
in Portugal, and at first those educated at the Escolas were allowed to practice only where
no university-trained physicians, or too few, were available. In the 1830s and the decades
following, reforms made training at the Escolas the equivalent of university training.
j Lisbon, Faculdade de Medicina, Catálogo da colecção portuguesa, II, 153-4. Not in
Pires de Lima, Catalogo da Bibliotheca da Escola Medico-Cirurgica do Porto. On the Escola
Medico-Cirurgica, see Ferreira de Mira, História da medicina portuguesa pp. 349-57. Not
located in NUC. OCLC: 8613282 (University of California at Los Angeles). Porbase locates
3 copies, all at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.