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Hemorrhoids -- Early works to 1800

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

A text by Master Alberto de' Zancari, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 175/ff. 173v-182v
Contents Following the text De passione animi, the Ad idem title of this text (meaning 'the same) seemingly indicates that this work also deals with hemorrhoids. Alberto de' Zancari (also known as Albertus Bononiensis) was a fourteenth-century teacher and physician from Bologna. His father was also a physician, and Alberto studied medicine at the University of Bologna, graduating as Master in 1326. De' Zancari composed his own text on...
Dates: 15th century

De passionibus animi, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 171v-173v
Contents De passionibus animi does not appear to be identified in another manuscript. It gives no indication of its author, and the title suggests that this might be a text containing medieval understanding and treatment of mental health problems. However, the first line of the text mentions emoroide and fistule, (hemorrhoids [?] amd fistulas), so perhaps animi is better...
Dates: 15th century