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Maurus of Salerno, twelfth-century "optimus physicus" with his commentary on the prognostics of Hippocrates, now first transcribed from manuscript and translated into English by Morris Harold Saffron. (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N.S. Vol. 62, pt. 1).

Publication Details

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1972 CE.

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Entry Number#8354
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/10530
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External URLmaurus-of-salerno-twelfthcentury-optimus-physicisu-with-his-commentary-on-the-prognostics-of-hippocrates-now-first-transcribed-from-manuscript-and-translated-into-english

Geographic Context

Publication place: Philadelphia