Andrés Piquer

ANDRÉS PIQUER ARRUFAT (Castellón, 1704 - Madrid, 1772).
"Modern rational and experimental physics".
Printer: Pascual García. Valencia, 1745.
It has engravings and parchment covers.
In good condition with rust stains.
Measurements: 20.5 x 15.5 x 4 cm.
Andrés Piquer was a Spanish physician, philosopher, logician, writer and author. During the 18th century, Galenist scholars pushed for a critique and re-evaluation of the Hippocratic Corpus in Spanish universities. Piquer contributed to this analysis of the corpus and served as philosopher and physician to Kings Ferdinand VI and Charles III. Piquer is recognized for his translations of Hippocratic treatises from ancient Greek into Spanish and his efforts to transform university medical education in Spain to follow Hippocratic theory. Piquer's translation and commentary of Epidemics 1 and 3, and partially of Epidemic 2, are noteworthy. His medical and physiological work relates to Hippocrates and the medical theories of Thomas Sydenham.