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Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Histoire de la médecine.

The Hague: I. van der Kloot, 1729.

The first large history of medicine; Le Clerc is sometimes called the “Father of the History of Medicine”. The first edition appeared in 1696, but later editions are more useful. English translation, 1699. Reprint of 1729 edition, Amsterdam, B. M. Israel, 1967.

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Entry Number#6379
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/8352
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLhistoire-de-la-mdecine

Geographic Context

Publication place: The Hague

Mentioned in annotation: Amsterdam