Johann Bicker - Hermes redivivus

For sale: this very rare exemplar of the book "Hermes Redivivus" by Johann Bicker, a medical and alchemical art work that will delight enthusiasts of traditional medicine, esotericism, and medical alchemy. Here Johann Bicker (physician in Oschatz, Saxony during the 17th century) attempts, in a treatise on hygiene and health preservation, to reconcile the nascent contemporary medicine of the 17th century (chemistry, surgery, pharmacopoeia) with traditional Galenic and Hippocratic medicine (humoral theory, contraries and polypharmacy, including mentions of balsamic balm and bezoar) and Hermetic and alchemical medicine rooted in the myth of Hermes Trismegistus and Paracelsus (chymiatrics, planets, spirituality, Egyptian esotericism, etc.). (Note: see

Estimate:$168.44

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