Meekeren, Job Janszoon van (1611-66). Heel- en geneeskonstige aanmerkingen. Amsterdam:Casparus Commelijn, 1668. (157 x 98 mm). Engraved title, engraved and woodcut text illustrations. Vellum ca. 1668, title in ink on spine. Provenance: van der Hoeven (bookplate). FIRST EDITION 'Van Meekeren was first to record a bone graft. He states (Chap. 1) that he read a report of it in a letter received by the Rev. Engebert Sloot of Slooterdijk from John Kraanwinkel, a missionary in Russia, where the operation had been performed. It consisted of the transplantation of a piece of bone from a dog's skull into a cranial defect in a soldier.' (GM) The wound healed perfectly, but the Church later excommunicated the patient for having an animal bone in his body. When the patient returned to the surgeon to have the offending graft removed, the surgeon was unable to do so as the graft had taken too well! Garrison-Morton.com 5735. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing