Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 52

PAULUS AEGINETA (625?-690?) Opus de re medica nunc primum integrum. Opera et impensa Joannis Soteris 1534 [52] 507 pp. 27.9 cm.

Paul of Aegina was the last of the great Byzantine physicians, the last important product of the school of Alexandria, and a compiler whose works were consulted well into the Renaissance. He was a skilled surgeon and was especially eminent in obstetrics and in surgery of the genitalia. He also devoted much attention to diseases of the heart. The present book is Paul's only remaining complete work. A Latin translation had appeared in print as early as 1489 but the present translation is based on the first Greek Aldine edition of 1528. The translator and editor is Joannes Guinterius of Andernach (see No. 259), one of the best-known humanists of his day and a teacher of Vesalius at Padua. This edition was first published in 1532 and contains extensive commentaries by the translator. Paul's work is valuable for the light it throws on medicine and surgery of the seventh century. He covers eye surgery, trephining, military surgery, obstetrics, dentistry, and numerous other subjects.

See Related Record(s): 259

Cited references: Cushing P156; Durling 3552; Osler 438 (1528 Greek ed.); Wellcome 4866

Gift of John Martin, M.D.