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Medicae artis principes, post Hippocratem & Galenum. Graeci Latinitate donati, Aretaeus, Ruffus Ephesius, Oribasius, Paulus Aegineta, Aëtius, Alex. Trallianus, Actuarius, Nic. Myrepsus. Latini, Corn. Celsus, Scrib. Largus, Marcell. Empiricus. Aliíque praeterea, quorum unius nomen ignoratur. Index non solùm copiosus, sed etiam ordine artificioso omnia digesta habens. Hippocr. aliquot loci cum Corn. Celsi interpretatione

1567 · [Geneva], Excudebat Henricus Stephanus ... Huldrichi Fuggeri typographus · 43 pictures

A 1567 Geneva collection of Greek and Latin medical writings, printed by Henri Estienne for physicians and scholars, gathering works by Celsus, Aretaeus, Oribasius and others. Its pictures are small woodcuts of surgical and orthopedic devices: a figure bound to a wooden frame, hands and feet strapped into restraints, and a screw-operated mechanical apparatus drawn in crisp outline with hatched shading, useful for designers wanting dense, instructional line work.

Medicine, Greek and Roman

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