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Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna. Vol. 1: Text, Edited by Michael R. McVaugh. Vol. 2: Commentary, Edited by Michael R. McVaugh and Margaret Ogden. 2 vols.
Publication Details
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997 CE.
Definitive edition of the medieval Latin text of Guy's Surgery from MS Vat. Palat. Lat. 1317, completed in Montpellier in 1373, only a decade after the text is thought to have been completed. The editors traced the more than 3000 references to older medical authorities in this encyclopedic work to their sources and discussed their use.
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Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #12759 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15005 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | inventarium-sive-chirurgia-magna-vol-1-text-edited-by-michael-r-mcvaugh-vol-2- |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Leiden
Mentioned in annotation: Montpellier