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 ...
Nicholaus Salernitanus, Antidotarium. A copy of a collection of remedies in alphabetical order called Antidotary and written possibly in the mid-13th century by an anonymous doctor traditionally called Nicholaus. His material derived from a collective oral tradition which had been put together i...
Aegidius de Corbeil, De urinis. The verse summary by Giles of Corbeil (d. c. 1220/1224) of Theophilus's treatise on urines compiled to help students in the memorisation of the diagnostic tools of medical practice. Incipit: 'Dicitur urina quoniam fit renibus una', explicit: 'Fimbria monstretur qu...
Aegidius de Corbeil, Pulses. The poetic summary by Giles of Corbeil (d. c. 1220/1224) of Philaretus's treatise on pulses compiled to help university students in the memorisation of diagnostic tools of medical practice. Incipit: 'Ingenii vires modicis conatibus inpar', explicit: 'Iam sterilem cul...