Dissertatio inauguralis. physico medica De methodo vitam longam acquirendi, ejusque causis
Subtitle: quam auxiliante supremo numine in illustri Academia Fridericiana rectore magnificentissimo, serenissimo principe ac domino, Dn. Philippo Wilhelmo, rpincipe [sic] Borussiae, ducatus Magdeburgici vicario. Praesidio magnifici academiae pro-rectoris Dn. Friderici Hoffmanni, Consil. et archiatri regii Med. et Phil. Nat. Prof. Publ. Ordin. Dn. patroni ac promotoris sui omni observantiae cultu prosequendi pro gradu doctoris obtinendo Add. Febr. MDCCVII. horis ante & pomeridianie
By: publico eruditorum scrutinio subjicit Ioannes Daniel Cregutus, N. Hanov
Contributors: Cregut, Johann Daniel
Publisher: Literis Christianis Henckelii
Published: 1707
Place of publication: Halae, i.e Halle an der Saale, Germany]
Language: lat
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Longevity; Balsam poplar; Vegetable Materia medica; Medicinal plants; Ambergris
Other titles: De methodo vitam longam acquirendi, ejusque causis.
Notes: Place of publication supplied by Wellcome and the NLM online catalogue.

Causes for longevity includes good blood circulation, proper diet, and cold air; the author mentions that people live longer in Brazil in America; mentions that Peruvian balsam, ambergris and other New World plants might extend life.

Signatures: A-E⁴ (A1 verso blank)

Woodcut head piece; initial.

Thesis (Medical)-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1707.

Wellcome cat of printed books II: p. 406.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: many leaves, inlcuding title page, are closely cropped at foot of text block, affecting name of printer and last lines of text.

John Carter Brown Library copy disbound.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Harper Fund.