Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 169.5

JéRôME DE MONTEUX (ca. 1495-1560) De activa medicinae scientia commentarii duo : quorum primus de salubritate non modo tuendae sanitatis, verumetiam producendae ad multos annos vitae rationem modumq[ue] docet : alter vero universales, qui ad morbor[um] curationes pertinent, canones explanat / autore D. Hieronymo Montuo. Apud Ioan. Tornaesium et Gul. Gazeium. 1557 First Edition [16], 323, [13] p. : coat of arms 17 cm.

[Other titles: De salubritatis tutela, De Activa Medicinae Scientia Commentarii duo. Alternative author names: Montuus, Hieronymus; Monteux, Hierosme; Montuus, Hieronimus; De Monteux, Jérôme; Montui, Hieronymi] Contains the first commentary only, with running title: De salubritatis tutela. De Activa Medicinae Scientia Commentarri Duo contains a personal health regimen – diet, exercise, sleep, purging, healthy travel by land and sea, etc. Sixty pages are dedicated to cosmetics, many on wine and food, and hygiene. It was quickly translated into French and twice reprinted.

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