Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1020

ANDREAS MAXIMINUS (fl. 1776-1783). In Hippocratis Coi, medicorum omnium longe principis, librum De fracturis commentaria. Rome: Apud B. Francesium, 1776. xxxvi, 304 pp., 5 plates; 27.5 cm.

Maximinus, also known for his edition of Eustachius' plates, is but one of many individuals who wrote commentaries on the works of Hippocrates. This commentary on fractures includes five full-page plates illustrating primitive methods used to reduce fractures. At the top of each page are several lines of Hippocrates' text in Latin followed by Maximinus' commentary.

Cited references: Waller 4565; Wellcome III, p. 272

Gift of John Martin, M.D.