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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

De recondita abscessuum natura.

Naples: apud Octavium Beltranum, 1632.

The first textbook of surgical pathology. It treats of all kinds of swelling under the term “abscess” and describes neoplasms of the genital organs and sarcoma of bones. Tumors of the breast are classified into four groups, the section devoted to them being one of the most important in the book. It also contains the first description of infantile hydrocephalus. De recondita abscessuum natura was also the first book to include illustrations of lesions with the text. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

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Entry Number#2273
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2841
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-recondita-abscessuum-natura

Geographic Context

Publication place: Naples