Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 87

JOANNES ACTUARIUS (fl. 13th century) Methodi medendi libri sex. [Apud Gualterum Scottum] 1554 [16] 381 (misnumbered 399) [43] pp. 21 cm.

Actuarius served as imperial court physician at Constantinople during the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The name Actuarius was actually the title of a court physician but has come to be associated with Joannes. He made a number of important contributions to clinical medicine and generally followed the teachings and tenets of Hippocrates and Galen. The first portion of this work was translated from the Greek by Corneille Henri Mathys (d. 1565) and is a systematic textbook of medical practice. Its six books treat all aspects of medicine including diagnostic techniques, common diseases of the time, therapeutic remedies, and diet. The final two books comprise Actuarius' De actionibus & spiritus animalis affectibus, eiusque nutritione translated from the Greek by Julius Alexandrinus (1506-1590).

Cited references: Durling 2581

Gift of John Martin, M.D.