Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 186

-1480 Mensa philosophica. Imprimebant haeredes Francisci Scnelboltzii, typis haeredum Beyeri 1603 [24] 526 pp. 12.6 cm.

This popular and well-known book has been attributed to Michael Scot (see No. 84) and Theobaldus Anguilbertus (fl. 1500), but the authorship is not certain. First published at Cologne in 1480, it appeared in eight more editions before 1500 and several more during the sixteenth century. Its medical importance lies in the fact that much of the book is devoted to matters concerning various foods, wine, and the diet as well as hygiene. The book also contains Ottmar Luscinius' (1487-1537) Joci ac sales mire festivi ("Wondrously festive jokes and witticisms").

See Related Record(s): 84

Cited references: Cushing, Incunabula 99 (1485 ed.); Durling 3066 (1500 ed.); Goff M 491 (1480 ed.); Hain-Copinger 3984 (1480 ed.); Klebs 676.1 (1480 ed.); Osler 7491 (1589 ed.); Waller 19988 (1514 ed.); Wellcome 5888 (1514 ed.)