Hippocrates (460-375 B.C.) (& others)

Date:
1625?
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Description

Epitome in Italian of the works of Hippocrates, with extracts from the 'De medicina' of Celsus, and epitomes of some treatises of Galen. With notes on wound-surgery, extracts from Botallus on gunshot wounds, etc. Contents: Pp. 3-400 Hippocrates. Works in epitome. 401-438 Celsus (A.C.). Extracts from 'De medicina'. 439-512 Galen (C.). Epitomes of 'De tumoribus', 'De inaequali intemperie', 'De causis procatarcticis', 'De plenitudine', 'De atra bile' (Extracts), 'De tremore', 'De morborum temporibus', 'De medendi methodo ad Glauconem' (Extracts), etc. 513-562 Surgical notes on wounds by the Compiler. 562-634 Botallus (L.). De sclopetorum vulneribus: Extracts, etc., with other surgical notes. 634-646 Dichiarationi di nomi medicinali. 646-664 Miscellaneous medical and surgical notes, etc. After 664-End. Indexes to the Hippocratic section, unfinished.

Publication/Creation

1625?

Physical description

1 volume
pp. 3-664. + 23 leaves + 19 pp. + 39 leaves (last 3 blank), folio. 29 1/2 x 20 1/2 cm. Original vellum binding defective, the upper cover wanting and the spine damaged. All before page 3 wanting.

Language note

In Italian.

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

Location of original

Wellcome Library; GB.
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    MS.356

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