Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 89

ALBERTUS MAGNUS (ca. 1200-1280) De secretis mulierum. Apud Anthonium de Harsy 1598 381 [9] pp. 11.7 cm.

It was through the immense scholarly labors of Albertus Magnus that the medieval Christian world came to know Greek and Arabian science and philosophy. A German scholastic theologian and scholar of the Dominican order, he taught in Cologne and Paris, his most noted pupil being Thomas Aquinas. In addition to his theological works, he also engaged in scientific research. This little book on obstetrics and the diseases of women is one of scores of editions and translations which were published from the fifteenth into the eighteenth centuries, so great was its popularity, although it is largely superstitious and astrological.

Cited references: Durling 90; Wellcome 137 (1553 ed.)