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Libellus de Epidemia, quam uulgo morbum Gallicum uocant,

Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1497.

One of the earliest treatises on syphilis, and one of the few medical books printed by Aldus Manutius in the 15th century. Leoniceno included a good description of syphilitic hemiplegia. He believed that syphilis was known to classical writers. English translation in Major, Classic Descriptions of Disease, 3rd ed., 1945, p. 15.  ISTC No. il00165000. Digital facsimile from the Bayerisches StaatsBibliothek at this link.

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Entry Number#2363
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/3186
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLde-morbo-gallico-1

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice