Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 601

JOHN TANNER (ca. 1636-1715) The hidden treasures of the art of physick; fully discovered. Printed by John Streater 1672 3rd ed. [8] 324 [22] pp. 16 cm.

Tanner, a licentiate of the College of Physicians, was a London practitioner. Tanner first published this compendium of the medical arts in 1659 and intended it for the medical student, layperson, and housewife who had occasion to tend the sick. Tanner discusses anatomy, a wide variety of diseases and their therapy, surgical problems such as fractures, wounds, tumors, and ulcers, and the nature, operation, and preparation of compound medicines.

Cited references: Waller 9474 (1659 ed.)

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