Medicine, Greek and Roman - Early works to 1800
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Galens art of physick : wherein is laid down, 1. A description of bodies, healthful, unhealthful, and neutral. 2. Signs of good and bad constitutions. 3. Signs of the brain, heart, liver, testicles, temperature, lungues, stomach, &c. being too hot, cold, dry, moist, hot and dry, hot and moist, cold and dry, cold and moist. 4. Signs and causes of sickness. With many other excellent things, the particulars of which, the table of chapters will specifie. Translated into English, and largely commented on. Together with convenient medicines for al [sic] particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their condition, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them. By Nich. Culpeper, gent. student in physick and astrology.
GalenDate: 1657- Books
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The secrete of secretes : containing the most excellent and learned instructions of Aristotle the prince of philosophers: vvhich he sent to the Emperour, King Alexander: very necessarye and profitable for all maner of estates and degrees. VVith some instructions in the ende of this booke, touching the iudgement of phisognomie.
Date: 1572- Books
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Hippocrates contractus : in quo magni Hippocratis, medicorum principis, opera omnia in brevem epitomen summa diligentia redacta habentur. Studio & opera Thomæ Burnet, M.D. medici regii, & colegii regii medicorum Edinburgensium socii.
HippocratesDate: 1686- Books
Io. Manardi medici Ferrariensis In primum artis paruae Galeni librum com[m]entaria, / iam primum recens nata & aedita: quibus ne quid studiosus lector desiderare possit, additum est & prooemiu[m], quod uel antea in eandem, idem author scripserat, eaq[ue] ratione publicauerat, quo lector maiore alacritate praesentem hanc foeturam expectaret.
Johannes ManardusDate: 1536- Books
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Galen's art of physick : Wherein is laid down, 1. A description of bodies, healthful, unhealthful, and neutral. 2. Signs of good and bad constitutions. 3. Signs of the brain, heart, liver, testicles, temperature, lungs, stomach. &c. being too hot, cold, dry. Moist, hot and dry, hot and moist, cold and dry, cold and moist. 4. Signs and causes of sickness. With many other excellent things, the particulars of which, the table of chapters will specifie. Translated into English, and largely commented on. Together with convenient medicines for all particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their condition, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them. By Nich. Culpeper, gent. student in physick and astrology.
GalenDate: 1662