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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Praxeos seu de cognoscendis, praedicendis, praecavendis, curandisque affectibus homini incommodantibus. 2 vols.

Publication Details

Basel: C. Waldkirch, 1602 CE–1603 CE.

The first attempt at a classification of diseases according to symptoms. Over a period of 50 years Platter dissected more than 300 bodies and made many observations of value to pathological anatomy.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2195
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1459
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLpraxeos-seu-de-cognoscendis-praedicendis-praecavendis-curandisque-affectibus-homini-incommodantibus-2-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Basel