Volume 1

Certaine workes of Galens, called Methodus medendi, with a briefe declaration of the worthie art of medicine, the office of a chirurgion, and an epitome of the third booke of Galen, of naturall faculties / all translated into English, by Thomas Gale.

  • Galen. On the therapeutic method
Date:
1586
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Credit: Certaine workes of Galens, called Methodus medendi, with a briefe declaration of the worthie art of medicine, the office of a chirurgion, and an epitome of the third booke of Galen, of naturall faculties / all translated into English, by Thomas Gale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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