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Historical Bibliography Updated: September 29, 2021

Jusiurandum IN: Nicholaus Perottus, De generibus metrorum.

Publication Details

Verona: Boninus de Boninis, 1483 CE.

One of the two earliest dated printings of the Hippocratic Oath. Digital facsimile from the Dombibliothek Freising at this link. ISTC No. ip00298000. It is possible that an undated edition attributed to 1481 (Entry No. 6929) preceded this. The Hippocratic oath was also published in print in another dated edition: Franciscus Argilagnes (ed.) Articella seu Opus artis medicinae, Venice, Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1483. Digital facsimile from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek at this link. ISTC No. ia01143000.

The first English translation of the oath by John Read appeared in Francisco ARCEO, A most excellent and compendious method of curing woundes in the head, and in other partes of the body, London: Thomas East, 1588.

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Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1757.9
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/3166
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLiusiurandum-in-nicholaus-perottus-de-generibus-metrorum

Geographic Context

Publication place: Verona

Mentioned in annotation: London; Venice