Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 115.5

JACOBUS FORLIVIENSIS (d. 1413 or 1414) Expositio Jacobi supra capitulum De generatione embrionis cum questionibus ejusdem. Dinus supra eodem. Dinus supra librum Ypocratis De natura fetus. Impresse mandato & expensis heredum Octaviani Scoti, per Bonetum Locatellum 1502 90 leaves. 32 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 115

‘A rare early work on Embryology’. A very rare work on generation and embryology. Jacopo da Forli (also called Jacobus Foroliviensis, Jacques Despars [de Partibus] of Tournay, and Giacomo delle Torre of Forli) was a leading member of the Paduan school of medicine, noted as being the chief representative of the Arab school. Among his publications were commentaries on the first and fourth Canons of Avicenna, which became standard texts. Other authors upon which he commented include Dinus de Garbo, Hippocrates, Bassianus Politus, and Tommaso del Garbo. This work was edited by Bassianus Politus.

Cited references: Cushing J17; NLM 16th #2562

Gift of John Martin M.D.