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AETIUS of Amida. Contractae ex veteribus medicinae tetrabiblos. Latin translation by Janus Cornarius, with partial scholia by Hugo Solerius. [18] leaves, 1030 columns, 1031-32, [19] pages. Folio, old vellum, spine imperfect, joints partly cracked; scattered foxing, some marginal dampstaining, first and last few gatherings loose, release stamp on title verso; institutional bookplate. Lyon: Godefroy & Marcel Bering, 1549
Compilation by a 6th-century Byzantine physician, " . . . of considerable historical value because of the many extracts from ancient medical writings it contains. Special importance is given to the materia medica, but the encyclopaedia is very extensive and includes internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, gynaecology, ophthalmology"--Sarton I, 434. Durling 49; Choulant, Handbuch, page 134; Hoffmann I, 100; see Garrison-Morton 33, 5814, and 6137.
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