Medicine, Medieval
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Practica cum antidotario, by Johannes Serapion, 13th-14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 170
Contents
MS 170 is the Practica sive breviarium, a Latin translation from the 12th century by Gerard of Cremona. Gerard translated one of the two medical texts by 9th-century Christian physician, Johannes Serapion (also known as Yahya ibn Sarafyun, and Serapion the Elder). Little is known about Serapion, other than that he lived during the second half of the 9th century, and wrote medical treatises in Syriac. Through Gerard's Latin translation, which made the text...
Dates:
13th-14th century
Rosa medicinae by John Gaddesden, 14th century
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Identifier: MS 168
Contents
MS 168 is a 14th-century copy of Rosa medicinae (also known by the name Rosa anglica) by English physician John Gaddesden, written c. 1313. Gaddesden trained as a doctor at Oxford between 1307-1316, and embarked on a successful career as the first major medieval medical scholar to have trained entirely in England. An indication of his reputation, he seems to have treated a son of Edward I of England for smallpox (perhaps...
Dates:
14th century
Tractatus in arte cirurgiae, Antonio de Cermisono, second half of the 15th century
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Identifier: MS 314
Contents
This is a manuscript containing the text "Tractatus in arte cirurgiae" by Antonio Cermisone, written in Northern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. It features recipes for the cure of diseases of the head and other parts of the body in descending order, in 170 numbered chapters. It includes coloured illustrations in the margins.
For a full description of the manuscript, including writing and provenance, see the bibiography note in "Additional description".
Dates:
second half of the 15th century