Facets

1525

#6820

Hippocratis Coi medicorum omnium longe principis, octoginta volumnia quibus maxima ex parte, annorum circiter duo millia Latina caruit lingua. . . .translated by Marco Fabio Calvo

The first collected edition of the Hippocratic collection in the Latin translation of Marco Fabio Calvo of Ravenna, dedicated to Pope Clement VII. "This volume, which preceded the first, Aldine, edition of the Greek t…

1564

#6791

Dictionarium medicum.

This valuable Greek-Latin dictionary for the ancient medical writers defined and fixed a large number of anatomical terms, and exercised considerable influence on modern anatomical terminology. It was an important aid…

1564

#6792

Definitionum medicarum libri xxiii.

This dictionary arranges all Greek medical terms in order of the Greek alphabet, and carefully explains them in Latin. It was widely used, and exerted much influence on modern medical terminology.

1566

#13060

Vocum, quae apud Hippocratem sunt, collectio. Cum annotationibus Bartholomaei Eustachii . . . Eiusdemque Libellus de Multitudine.

First edition in Latin edited by Eustachi of the glossary to Hippocrates by the first century Greek grammarian Erotianus. Erotianus's work contains the earliest list of the writings of Hippocrates, including some now …

1570

#35

Hieronymi Mercurialis Variarum lectionum libri quatuor. In quibus complurium, maximeq́ue medicinae scriptorum infinita paenè loca vel corrupta restituuntur, vel obscura declarantur. Alexandri Tralliani De lumbricis epistola, ejusdem Mercurialis opera, & diligentia Graecè, & Latinè nunc primùm edita ...

Includes the first printed edition of the Greek text and Latin translation by Mercuriale of Alexander's De vermis epistola. Alexander's original description of worms and vermifuges make him the first parasitologist. D…

1588

#6793

Oeconomia Hippocratis, aphabeti serie distincta. In qua dictionum apud Hippocratem omnium, praesertim obscuriorum, usus explicatur, etc.

A Greek alphabetical dictionary of the vocabulary of the Hippocratic writings, based on an exhaustive investigation of all ancient medical texts.

1598

#6794

Lexicon medicum Graeco-Latinum…ex Hippocrate et Galeno desumptum.

The earlier lexicon of Gorraeus formed the basis of this work, which was reprinted in several editions, the last in 1792.

1833

#8208

The Taleef shereef, or Indian materia medica translated from the original by George Playfair, Superintending Surgeon, Bengal Service. Published by The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1845

#7169

Commentary on the Hindu system of medicine.

Wise was a physician and surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.

1850

#8808

The historical relations of ancient Hindu with Greek medicine in connection with the study of modern medical science in India: Being a general introductory lecture delivered June 1850, at the Calcutta Medical College.

Webb was surgeon in the Bengal Army, and later Professor of Anatomy at the Calcutta Medical College. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1865

#6359

Skull-cap showing congenital deficiencies of bone.

1866

#5792

De veterum Indorum chirurgia. Dissertatio inauguralis.

Trendelenburg’s graduation thesis on the ancient Hindu systems of medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1866

#6368

Four cases of “retinitis pigmentosa”, occurring in the same family, and accompanied by general imperfections of development.

Laurence–Moon (–Biedl) syndrome first described. See also No. 6369.

1867

#8210

Review of the history of medicine. 2 vols.

Vol. 1, Part 1: "Primitive period among the Asiatic nations," i.e. Hindus. Vol. 2, Part 1: "Ancient state of medicine among the Hindus (continued)". Part 1: "Review of the Buddhist systems of medicine." Part 3: "Revie…

1893

#6361

Polyuria and tuberculosis.

“Hand–Schüller–Christian syndrome”, which Hand called polyuria and tuberculosis.

1907

#6487

Studies in the medicine of ancient India. Part 1. Osteology or the bones of the human body.

All published.

1913 –1914

#6488

The surgical instruments of the Hindus, with a comparative study of the surgical instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab and the modern Eouropean [sic] surgeons. 2 vols.

Vol. 2 consists of plates.

1915 –1916

#6362

Ueber eigenartige Schädeldefekte im Jugendalter.

Schüller described two more cases of the condition to which his name, with those of Hand and Christian, has been attached.

1916

#6365

Sur un syndrome caractérisé par l’inflammation simultanée de toutes les muqueuses externes (conjunctivale, nasale, linguale, buccopharyngée, anale et balano-préputiale) coexistant avec une éruption varicelliforme puis purpurique des quatres membres.

First description of the “Stevens–Johnson syndrome” (see No. 4150).

1916

#6370

Contribution à l’étude d’une épidémie de dysenterie dans la Somme (juillet–octobre 1916).

Includes several references to the condition later known as “Reiter’s syndrome” (No. 6371).

1916

#6371

Ueber eine bisher unerkannte Spirochäteninfektion (Spirochaetosis arthritica).

“Reiter’s syndrome”, a disease of males characterized by initial diarrhea, urethritis, conjunctivitis, and arthritis. Reiter was a German Nazi physician and war criminal who conducted medical experiments at Buchenwald…

1917

#6371.1

A rare disease in two brothers.

First definite description of the Hurler syndrome (No. 6371.2). Hunter became Professor of Medicine in the University of Manitoba.

1917

#12959

The Indian operation of couching for cataract. Incorporating The Hunterian Lectures....

Prefaced by an extensive historical introduction; the remainder of the text being of historical significance in the 21st century. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1919

#6363

Defects in membranous bones, exophthalmos, and diabetes insipidus; an unusual syndrome of dyspituitarism; a clinical study. IN: Contributions to medical and biological research, dedicated to Sir William Osler, 1, 390-401.

“Hand-Schüller-Christian syndrome”.

1922

#6369

Geschwisterpaar mit adiposo-genitaler Dystrophie.

Laurence–Moon–Biedl syndrome (see also No. 6368). Biedl’s cases were more fully described by W. Raab, in Wien. Arch. inn. Med., 1924, 7, 443-530.

1923 –1929

#6488.1

History of Indian medicine. Containing notices, biographical, of the Ayurvedic physicians and their works on medicine, from the earliest ages to the present time. 3 vols.

Reprinted New Delhi, 1974.

1924

#6372

Aleukämische Reticulose. (Ein Beitrag zu den proliferativen Erkrankungen des Retikuloendothelialapparates.)

“Letterer–Siwe disease”; see also No. 6373.

1927

#7842

Certain samaritans.

A first-hand account of the American Women's Hospitals especially in Greece, Turkey and the Balkans helping to relieve the poulations uprooted by World War I and its aftermath. Lovejoy became the second woman to gradu…

1928

#6366

Xanthomatosis and the reticulo-endothelial system.

“Rowland collected 14 cases of the Hand–Schüller–Christian syndrome, and made the important generalization that it was due to xanthomatosis” (Rolleston).

1933

#6373

Die Reticuloendotheliose - eine neues Krankheitsbild unter den Hepatosplenomegalien.

See No. 6372.

1961

#8421

A chronological census of Renaissance editions and translations of Galen.

Digital facsimile from Jstor at this link.

1976

#8497

Asian medical systems: A comparative study, edited by Charles Leslie.

1980

#12962

Suśruta Samhita: A scientific synopsis

1985

#8498

Encyclopaedia of Indian medicine. Volume one: Historical perspective.

1985

#8958

Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique.

1986

#9419

Medicine in China: A history of pharmaceutics.

1987

#7358

Studies on Indian medical history, edited by G. Jan Meulenbeld and Dominik Wujastyk.

1991 –2007

#7415

A history of medicine. 6 vols.

Vol. 1: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (1991/1995), Vol. 2: Greek Medicine (1996), Vol. 3: Roman Medicine (1998), Vol. 4: Byzantine and Islamic Medicine (2001), Vol. 5: Medieval Medicine (2003), Vol. 6: Renaissance Me…

1993

#9963

A dictionary of medical terms in Galen.

1998

#12806

The roots of Ayurveda.

Readings in English translation, with commentaries, from classical medical texts.

1999 –2002

#7216

A history of Indian medical literature. 5 vols.

Comprises the entire corpus of Sanskrit medical texts, from the earliest times to the present, thus covering about two millennia.

2005

#9983

Antike Medizin: Ein Lexikon.

2012

#12805

Well-Mannered medicine: Medical ethics and etiquette in classical Ayurveda.

2016

#7518

A census of Greek medical manuscripts: From Byzantium to the Renaissance.

An amended and updated index of Diels' catalogue (No. 6767), and a list of items missed or overlooked in Diels, or located since.

2017

#10752

The art and science of healing from antiquity to the Renaissance. Exhibition catalogue Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - University of Michigan Library 10 February - 30 April 2017.

Finely illustrated and annotated catalogue including objects and rare books and manuscripts collected by Le Roy Crummer, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, and Campbell Bonner. Until publication of this catalogue material in the …