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Heirs of Hippocrates

The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books

Abbreviations and Symbols

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Square brackets enclosing numbers of pages or leaves indicate that the pages or leaves are not numbered but are determined by count. Brackets enclosing an author's name indicate that the work was published anonymously or pseudonymously. Brackets enclosing a date, place of publication, or publisher indicate that this information was obtained from a source other than the title page.
b.
born
ca.
circa
cm.
centimeter
col.
colored
d.
died
diagr., diagrs.
diagram, diagrams
ed.
edition
facsim., facsims.
facsimile, facsimiles
fig., figs.
figure, figures
fl.
flourished
fold.
folding
front.
frontispiece
illus.
illustrations
l., ll.
leaf, leaves
n.d.
no date
n.p.
no place
n.publ.
no publisher
p., pp.
page, pages
port., ports.
portrait, portraits
pt., pts.
part, parts
vol., vols.
volume, volumes
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