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Galen: De affectorum locorum notitia libri vi.
Paris: Officina Henrici Stephani, 1513.
First separate dated Latin translation of De locis affectis, made by Wilhelm Copp of Basel. In this work devoted to pathology, Galen made many valuable deductions on inflammation and on tumors. He was familiar with cholera, hydrophobia, and malaria, the relations of urinary calculi to the kidney, ureter, and bladder. He recognized bronchitis, empyema, consumption, and pyuria. English translation by Rudolph E. Siegel, Basel, 1976.
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #2269 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/2834 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | de-affectorum-locorum-notitia-libri-vi |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Paris
Mentioned in annotation: Basel