Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 54

PAULUS AEGINETA (625?-690?) Opus divinum. [Per Andr. Cratandrum et Jo. Bebelium] 1532 [24] 513 [3] pp. 30.3 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 52

The present work is the first Latin translation of the major portion of Paul's De re medica and is based on the Greek text of the 1528 Aldine edition. Translated by Alban Thorer (see No. 194), it contains all but his book on surgery. The other books include those on hygiene and regimen, fevers, bodily afflictions, skin diseases and intestinal complaints, toxicology, and the properties of simple and compound medicines.

See Related Record(s): 56 286 194

Cited references: Durling 3549; Wellcome 4863

Gift of John Martin, M.D.