Early medical books, Catalogue 13

Date:
1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/52/76
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Early medical books, Catalogue 13. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i _ EARLY MEDICAL BOOKS sons hich: PART VIII, es@ev ‘ A - Extehsive ‘index. <a this catalogue p. 124) : . + 4 ; : 1. ABERCROMBY, David. De variatione ac varietate pul- , sus observationes. Acc, nova medicinae tum speculativae, tum practicae clavis. Sive ars explorandi medicas plantarum facultates ex solo sapore. 6 leaves, 54 pp., 7 leaves, 36 pp., 2 leaves. 8vo. Modern half vellum. London, 8S. Smith, 1685. Swiss Frs. 30.— Abe Dedicated, to Boyle.. — Nice copy.. | Se 2 “yt 2, AETIUS, “Amideus. Contractae ex --veteribus medicinae pens: sermones XVI. Per Janum Cornarium latine conscripti. Two stout vols. I: 8 and 472 leaves (including last two blank leaves) ; ; II: lea- Be ves. 473- 920; 30 leaves. With printer’s device on both titles. De- a ees vices on inst leaves of both vols. 8vo. Old calf. Venice, ex offi- eee: cina Farrea, 1543 and 1544, — or Frs, 90.— wm Choulant, Handbuch, p. 134: ‘* Sehr selten ”’. i Very Tare, especially if containing also the second volume printed separately. in 1544. . ; Early edition of Aetius’ work usually called the Tetrabiblion, which _is one of the chief authorities we know of the work of Rufus of Ephe- sus and. Leonides on surgery, and of Soranus and Philumenus on gyne- cology and obstetrics. It was published for the first time in Venice (only r the Greek. text). The Greek text of most of the last eight of these :: 16 ‘books is still unprinted. Cornarius’ translation of Aetius is still the e. a best. Aetius’ work contains the best account of diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat and teeth in ancient literature. In surgery, he supplies many of the last passages in Oribasius and describes modes of procedure (ton-, pes silotomy, urethrotomy, etc.); which are not to be found any where else. . a Nice ‘copy. ih ' 3. (ABTIUS). sada teKigsit, fu E. “Anekdoton liber IX, cap. 28, * F duiistaiseiets , exhibens tenvioris intestini morbum quem ileon et a eon dicunt. 20 Pp ies unig bound. + gee 1757. x4 cs et AE | | » Frsy/'22.— 3 Goheulant: Handbuch, p: 136: Gh techene: the. frst edition of, the Greek text da ‘Datie, dreaalition. ni a Seg chapter 28 from the IX. book after a mereeeet now in the ences of Leipzig. . Aetius, see also nr. | 193. Miho came” OS tiles ial elles 4 : “ : 3 at ’ Asse Ty) P. 2 2 2 ms . +i ~ Prides i in Swiss tr ; (including all incidental ‘ —_—* as’
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