Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Exercitatio de vena Medinensi, ad mentem Ebn Sinae [Ibn Sina] sive de dracunaculis veterum. Specimen exhibens novae versionis ex Arabico, cum commentario uberiori. Cui accedit altera, de vermiculis capillaribus infantium.

WELSCH, Georg Hieronymous (Velschius) (1624 – 1677) data.bnf.fr

Augsburg: Theophil Goebel, 1674.

An exhaustive survey of dracontiasis, or guinea worm disease, based on the Arabic writings of Avicenna. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Facet Tags

Medieval
Africa & Middle East
Microbiology & Virology

Subjects

INFECTIOUS DISEASE › DISEASES DUE TO METAZOAN PARASITES › Guinea Worm Disease (Dracunculiasis)MEDIEVAL MEDICINE › Medieval Islamic or Arab Medicine PARASITOLOGY › Helminths › Parasitic Worms PEDIATRICS

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#5336.1
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/6702
Author Bio Link	data.bnf.fr ↗
External URL	exercitatio-de-vena-medinensi-augustae-vindelicorum

Geographic Context

Publication place: Augsburg