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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Galen, Tegni or Ars medica. The Latin version of a medical compendium written by the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (c. 130-200), also known as Galenus (129-210). The present Latin version was probably made in Southern Italy in the mid-12th century, and was often identified in the manuscr...