Hippocrates, Aphorismi, with Pseudo-Oribasius, Prologue to the Commentary
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Hippocrates, Aphorismi, with Pseudo-Oribasius, Prologue to the Commentary. The Latin translation of the aphorisms by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC), followed by a prologue to the commentary traditionally attributed to Oribasius, the 4th-century Greek physician to the Emperor Julian the Apostate...
Hippocrates, Prognosticon. The Latin translation of the work by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC) relating to acute illnesses and their treatments. The author of the present translation, made in the late 11th century from Arabic sources and not from the original text in Greek, is identifiable with...
Theophilus Protospatharius, De urinis. The Latin translation of the treatise on urines composed by the Byzantine physician Theophilos Protospatharios (7th century), and translated from Greek into Latin around 1100. Title 'Incipit liber urinarum a voce Theophili editus', incipit: 'Be [sic] urinar...
Philaretus, De pulsibus. The Latin translation of a treatise on pulses traditionally attributed to Philaretus or Philaretos (7th century), but which circulated in Byzantium anonymously or under the name of Galen. Title 'Incipit liber Philareti de negocio pul/suum', incipit: 'Intencionem habemus i...
The Latin translation of the De regimine acutorum or Regimen in Acute Diseases, a treatise on general medical precepts on pathology by Hippocrates of Kos (460-375 BC). The translation, made from an Arabic version, is variously attributed to Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) and therefore t...
The Latin translation by Constantinus Africanus (c.1020-1098/9) of an Arabic treatise on urines (Kitāb al-bawl) by Abū Ya'qūb Ishāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c.855-932), known to the West as Isaac Judaeus or Isaac Israeli, a Jewish doctor and philosopher, and physician of the Fatimid caliph ...
Isaac Judeus, Dietae universales. The Latin translation by Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) of the first part of the treatise on simple drugs and diet (Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada wa-l-aghdiya) composed in Arabic by Abū Ya'qūb Ishāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c. 855-932), known to the W...
Isaac Judeus, Dietae particulares. The Latin translation by Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) of the second part of the treatise on simple drugs and diet (Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada wa-l-aghdiya) composed in Arabic by Abū Ya'qūb Ishāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c. 855-932), known in Eur...
Isaac Judeus, De febribus. The Latin translation by Constantinus Africanus (c. 1020-1098/9) of a treatise on fevers (Kitāb al-Hummayāt) composed in Arabic by Abū Ya'qūb Ishāq ibn Sulaymān al-Isrā’īlī (fl. c. 855-932), known in Europe as Isaac Judeus or Isaac Israeli. The text is here preceded by...
The medical summa, traditionally called Viaticum, assembled by Constantine the African (c. 1020-1098/9). The Viaticum is the Latin adaptation of a standard medical manual, entitled Kitāb Zād al-musāfir wa-qūt al-hādir (Provision for the Traveller and the Nourishment of the Settled), composed by ...