Theatrum sympatheticum auctum
exhibens varios authores, de pulvere sympathetico quidem
- 1662
The 16th- and 17th-centuries saw a flurry of interest in "sympathetic medicine," or curing at a distance. It originated with the so-called "weapon salve" attributed to Paracelsus, which applied to the weapon that caused a wound would cure the wound at a distance through the power of sympathy. It is a testament to the great interest in the phenomenon and the sheer mass of literature on the subject that this third edition of a collection of writings on sympathetic medicine contains 26 works, up from 4 in the first edition only two years earlier.
The title page and plate on page 125 have been digitized.
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Theatrum Sympatheticum Auctum. Apud J. A. Endterum et Wolfgangi junioris haeredes, 1662. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/crey5zr.
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