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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

En nyttelig laegebog for fattige og rige, unge og gamle.

Malmø, Sweden, 1533.

Pedersen, a Danish canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher, wrote and published the earliest medical book issued in Scandanavia by a Scandanavian writer. Translated as "A useful doctor book for poor and rich, young and old," Pedersen's book would be characterized as folk or popular medicine, inspired by Dioscorides. When he published this book Malmø was a Danish city.

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Entry Number#9863
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/12051
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLen-nyttelig-laegebog-for-fattige-og-rige-unge-og-gamle

Geographic Context

Publication place: Malmø, Sweden