Publisher's Synopsis
Corticis Peruviani Vindiciae Dissertatio Physico-Practica (1746) auctore Cocchi, Antonio Celestino, est opus quod tractat de proprietatibus et virtutibus corticis Peruviani, noti etiam ut chinchonae cortex. In hoc libro, auctor disputat de historia, nomenclatura, et compositione corticis Peruviani, et de usu eius in medicina. Cocchi describit virtutes febrifugas et tonicas corticis, et annotat varia experimenta et observationes medicas quae demonstrant efficaciam corticis Peruviani in cura febrium intermitentium et aliis morbis. Opus est valde utile ad intellegendum historiam et usum corticis Peruviani in medicina, et est monumentum scientiae medicae saeculi XVIII.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
