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Corona florida medicinae, sive De conservatione sanitatis.

Publication Details

Venice: Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1491 CE.

A popular guide to healthy living, dealing with such topics as sleep, exercise, sex, hygiene, drugs, and especially diet, with an emphasis on the qualities and properties of  foods, including their cooking and preparation. It also includes information about drinking, drinks and especially wines. The work is considered a synthesis of little known Jewish and Arabic teachings about food with information from more common western texts. ISTC No. ig00111000. Digital facsimile from Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.

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Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11871
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14075
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLflorida-corona-quae-ad-sanitatis-hominum-conseruationem-ac-longaeuam-vitam-perducendam-sunt-pernecessaria-continens

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice