Account of the life and works of Maister Peter Lowe : the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow / by James Finlayson.

  • James Finlayson
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1889
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    the entry in Watt, except that the figure 4 (for quarto) is omitted. And, further, that what Haller printed “ Tr.” appears in Watt’s book as “Fr.,”1 a very natural error in copying or in printing from MS. On looking at the entries in Haller it was at once found that “ Port.” and “ Gunz.” meant Portal and Gunzius, the Bibliographers. It was also evident that in Watt’s entry these names had become separated from their appropriate dates; for “ Gunz.,” at the end of Haller’s entry, could only refer to “ 1657. 4.” This date, indeed, is itself partially an error. Instead of 1614 and 1657, as the editions said to be quoted by Gunzius, in Haller’s two entries, there should be only one date, viz., 1654, which is a kind of combination of the two erroneous years, for Gunzius only quotes the 4th edition, and gives the year correctly as 1654.2 The editions quoted by Haller from Portal in this entry are those of 1612 and 1634, which are perfectly correct.3 So far “Port.” and “Gunz.” are plain, and the “Tr.,” in Haller, is evidently the “ Fr.” of Watt. Clearly this also must stand for some Bibliographer in Haller’s entry. On consulting Tarin’s bibliographical work, for any reference to Peter Lowe, it was found that he gives the edition of 1612,4 not that of 1597, as we 1 But really “ Tr.” in Watt’s manuscript, as shown in the sequel. 2 Bibliotheca Gvnziana : Dresden, 1755, p. 314. [29]“ 68. A Discourse of the whole art of Chyrurgery, compiled by Peter Lowe, where- unto is added the Rule of macking remedies which Chirurgions doe commenly use, with the Presages of divine Hyppocrates, the fourth Edition, corrected, and much amendet, London, 654. 4. Efnglischer] B[and].” No other edition is quoted by Gunzius. 8 Portal, Histoire de Fanatomic et de la chirurgie. Tome ii. Paris, 1770, p. 162 : “ Lowe (Pierre), Chirurgien de Paris & de Henri IV, a publid un ouvrage que M. de Haller annonce sous le titre suivant. In the Faculty of Chirurgie at Paris, Chir. to Henry IV, easy certain and present method to cure and prevent the Spanish sicknes. Lond. 1596. A Discorrse of the Whole Arte of surgeris Londini 1612, 1634, in 4. On trouve dans cet ouvrage quelques details Anatomiques.” Again, in his “ Tableau Chronologique (Tome vi. Part 2, p. 757 ; Paris, 1773) Portal gives,—“Lowe(P.) Whole course of Chirurgerie. Lond. 1597, in 4. Heister, ibid. 1612, 1634, 1654, in 4.” 4 Tarin : Dictionnaire anatomique suivi d’ttne bibliothique anatomique et physiologique. Paris, 1753 : “ Lowe (P.) discourse of the whole art of Surgery. London, 1612.”