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Collection of practical medical treatises in English and Latin (Leech-Books, VIII)

Date:
Late 15th century
Reference:
MS.411
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Collection of practical medical treatises in English and Latin (Leech-Books, VIII). Source: Wellcome Collection.

  • Cover
  • Prognostication in verse according to the day on which Christmas Day falls, beginning wanting
  • Anonymous, Dietarium salutissimum, in verse
  • Anonymous, treatise on lucky and unlucky days
  • Book of Nativities
  • On perilous days
  • Almanac, with directions in Latin for purging, blood-letting, etc.
  • Anonymous, Flores dietarum
  • Anonymous, The Wise Book of Astronomy and Philosophy
  • Notes and extracts on medical astrology in Latin
  • Arnold of Villanova, De conferentibus et nocentibus, abridged
  • Constantine the African, De coitu, extracts
  • Anonymous, treatise on venemous bites
  • Nicholas of Lynn, Canon pro minutionibus et purgationibus recipiendis
  • Cover
79/140 (page 38r)
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page 38v
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page 39r
81
page 39v
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page 40r
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