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2003 CE

#8405

Psyche and soma: Physicians and metaphysicians on the mind-body problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment. Edited by John P. Wright and Paul Potter.

POTTER, Paul M. J. (1944 – )

WRIGHT, John P.

1497 CE

#39.1

Rhazes: Liber ad Almansorem sive Tractatus medicinae I-X. Liber divisionum. De aegritudinibus juncturarum. De aegritudinibus puerorum. De secretis sive aphorismi. Antidotarium. De praeservatione ab aegritudine lapidis; Introductorium medicinae. De sectionibus et ventosis. Synonyma. De animalibus. Add:Tabula de herbis medicis; Maimonides: Aphorismi; Mesue (the elder): Aphorismi; Hippocrates: Secreta; Prognosticatio secundum lunam; Capsula eburnea; De humana natura; De aere et aqua et regionibus; De pharmaciis; De insomniis; Avenzohar: De cura lapidis.

RHAZES [MUHAMMAD IBN ZAKARIYĀ AL-RĀZĪ (PERSIAN: محمد زکریای رازی‎ ] (854 – 925)

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)

MAIMONIDES, (Moses ben Maimon; מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן‎; Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; موسى بن ميمون‎‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn) (1135 – 1204) AVENZOAR [IBN ZUHR (ARABIC: ابن زهر‎ ] (1092 – 1162) MESUE, Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (يوحنا بن ماسويه) (777 – 857)

The best edition of the Opuscula of Rhazes, containing the second printing of the celebrated Liber ad Almansorem, not to be confused with Liber nonus ad Almansorem, as well as De aegritudine puerorum (No. 6313), and o…

1830 CE

#9713

Sketches of the medical topography of the Mediterranean; comprising an account of Gibraltar, the Ionian Islands, and Malta. To which is prefixed a sketch of a plan for memoirs on medical topography

HENNEN, John (1779 – 1828)

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1927 CE

#6009

Sorani Gynaeciorum libri 4. De signis fracturarum. De fasciis. Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum. Ed. Johannes Ilberg. Corpus medicorum Graecorum, 4.

SORANUS OF EPHESUS (ΣΩΡΑΝΌΣ) (100 – 150) ILBERG, Johannes (1860 – 1930)

Standard Greek edition of the works of Soranus. Digital facsimile from the Corpus Medicorum Graecorum at this link.

1956 CE

#9367

Soranus' Gynecology. Translated by Owsei Temkin with the assistance of Nicolson J. Eastman, Ludwig Edelstein, and Alan F. Guttmacher.

TEMKIN, Oswei (1902 – 2002) EDELSTEIN, Ludwig (1902 – 1965) SORANUS OF EPHESUS (ΣΩΡΑΝΌΣ) (100 – 150) GUTTMACHER, Allan Frank (1898 – 1974) EASTMAN, Nicholson Joseph (1895 – 1973)

1959 CE

#10753

Studies in magical amulets, chiefly Graeco-Egyptian.

BONNER, Campbell (1876 – 1974)

A study of Graeco-Roman popular medicine and superstition based upon the examination of hundreds of engraved gemsntones that were thought to contain magical and medicinal properties. Digital facsimile from the Hathi T…

1907 CE

#5806

Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.

MILNE, John Stewart ( – 1913)

Reprinted, N.Y., 1970.

1556 CE

#12775

Ta ton Oribasios iatrikon snyagogon ek tou galenou anatomika. Collectaneorum artis medicae liber, quo totius corporis humani sectio explicatur, ex Galeni commentariis.

ORIBASIUS (ὈΡΕΙΒΆΣΙΟΣ), [Oreibasius] (320 – 403)

Editio principes (first printed edition in Greek) of the anatomical portions (Books 24 and 25) of Oribasius's Synagoge, or Encyclopaedia of Medicine. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1955 CE

#8873

Textes Grecs inédits relatifs aux plantes.

THOMSON, Margaret H.

Previously unpublished ancient Greek textes on botany, with French translations.

2012 CE

#7409

The alphabet of Galen. Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. A critical edition of the Latin text with English translation and commentary by Nicholas Everett

ALPHABET OF GALEN

An edition and translation of Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 187, a late seventh or early eighth century codex, which represents the earliest surviving manuscript of the text. Not written by Galen of Perga…

1832 CE

#12667

The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, physician to the Caliph Motawukkul. [Edited from two MSS

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) HUNAYN IBN ISHAQ [أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي‎; ’ABŪ ZAYD ḤUNAYN IBN ’ISḤĀQ AL-‘IBĀDĪ], (Latin: Iohannitius) (809 – 873) TYTLER, John (1790 – 1837)

2017 CE

#10752

The art and science of healing from antiquity to the Renaissance. Exhibition catalogue Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - University of Michigan Library 10 February - 30 April 2017.

ALVAREZ, Pablo

Finely illustrated and annotated catalogue including objects and rare books and manuscripts collected by Le Roy Crummer, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, and Campbell Bonner. Until publication of this catalogue material in the …

2018 CE

#12625

The Cambridge companion to Hippocrates. Edited by Peter E. Pormann.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) PORMANN, Peter E.

1984 CE

#9098

The complete works of Aristotle. The revised Oxford translation. Edited by Jonathan Barnes. 2 vols.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) BARNES, Jonathan (1942 – )

Reprinted with corrections, 1995. "The Oxford Translation of Aristotle was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954. It is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. This revi…

1981 CE–1986 CE

#8324

The complete works, translated into English by Charles Allison Behr. 2 vols.

ARISTIDES, Aelius (Αἴλιος Ἀριστείδης, Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus) (117 – 181) BEHR, Charles Allison

"The six books of Sacred Tales “ are in a class apart. A record of revelations made to Aristides in dreams by the healing god Asclepius…they are of major importance, both as evidence for the practices ass…

1999 CE

#12516

The diffusion of Greco-Roman medicine into the Middle East and the Caucasus. Edited by J.A.C. Greppin, E. Savage-Smith, and J. L. Gueriguian.

SAVAGE-SMITH, Emilie (1941 – ) GREPPIN, John A. C. (1937 – 2016) GUERIGUIAN, John L.

1924 CE

#1758

The doctor’s oath, an essay in the history of medicine.

JONES, William Henry Samuel (1876 – 1963)

The Hippocratic Oath forms the basis of medical ethics. It was probably an ancient temple oath of the Asclepiadae, and not a genuine Hippocratic document. In the above work the various manuscripts of the Oath are enum…

1950 CE

#13804

The early smallpox epidemics in Europe and the plague of Athens after Thucydides.

ALIVIZATOS, G. P.

1907 CE

#87

The fragments of Empedocles. Translated into English verse by William Ellergy Leonard.

EMPEDOCLES (ἘΜΠΕΔΟΚΛΗ͂Σ) (-490 – -430) LEONARD, William Ellery (1876 – 1944)

Empedocles was a Greek philosopher, statesman, physician and reformer. His poem on Nature originally ran to 5,000 lines, of which only 400 are now left. He believed in four ultimate elements—fire, air, water and…

1958 CE

#16.3

The fragments of Praxagoras of Cos and his school. Collected, edited, and translated by Fritz Steckerl.

PRAXAGORAS OF COS (ΠΡΑΞΑΓΌΡΑΣ Ὁ ΚΩ͂ΙΟΣ) (-340 – ) STECKERL, Fritz

1849 CE

#14

The genuine works of Hippocrates. Translated from the Greek with a preliminary discourse and annotations by Francis Adams. 2 vols.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370)

ADAMS, Francis (1796 – 1861)

Francis Adams, surgeon of Banchory, Scotland, prepared this partial translation to acquaint his contemporaries with “the opinions of an author, whom I verily believe to be the highest exemplar of professional ex…

1975 CE

#5813.10

The healing hand: Man and wound in the ancient world.

MAJNO, Guido (1922 – 2010)

Emphasizing surgery, this is an exceptionally imaginative and exquisitely designed and illustrated history of medicine in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and China.

1973 CE

#1588.13

The heart and the vascular system in ancient Greek medicine from Alcmaeon to Galen.

HARRIS, Charles Reginald Schiller (1896 – 1979)

2015 CE

#8431

The Hippocratic Corpus: Content and context.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) CRAIK, Elizabeth M.

2004 CE

#7988

The Hippocratic oath and the ethics of medicine.

MILES, Stephen H.

1981 CE

#6485.61

The Hippocratic treatises “On generation” “On the nature of the child” “Diseases IV”. A commentary.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) LONIE, Ian Malcolm (1932 – 1988)

1850 CE

#8808

The historical relations of ancient Hindu with Greek medicine in connection with the study of modern medical science in India: Being a general introductory lecture delivered June 1850, at the Calcutta Medical College.

WEBB, Allan (1803 – 1863)

Webb was surgeon in the Bengal Army, and later Professor of Anatomy at the Calcutta Medical College. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1821 CE

#12757

The history of plague, as it has lately appeared in the islands of Malta, Gozo, Corfu, Cephalonia, &c. detailing specific contagion of that disease, with particulars of the means adeopted for its eradication.

TULLY, James D.

Concerns the Maltese plague,. 1813-1814. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1950 CE

#16.1

The medical works of Hippocrates. A new translation by J. Chadwick and W.N. Mann.

HIPPOCRATES, [Ἱπποκράτης; Hippocrates of Kos] (-460 – -370) CHADWICK, John (1920 – 1988) MANN, William Neville (1911 – 2001)

This collection of translations was partly reprinted with an introduction by G.E.R. Lloyd, and the addition of three new translations by I.M. Lonie as Hippocratic Writings, Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 1978.

1947 CE

#9080

The medical writings of Anonymus Londinensis.

JONES, William Henry Samuel (1876 – 1963) ANONYMUS LONDINENSIS (75 – )

The text edited by Diels, with an English translation, introduction and notes by Jones, together with essays on the nature of Greek thought and medicine.

1956 CE

#6485

The public physicians of ancient Greece. (Smith College Studies in History, Vol. XLII.)

COHN-HAFT, Louis (1920 – 2012)

Re-examination of the question of whether the public physicians employed by the Greek city-states derived their entire income from their salaried positions and thus provided free medical care or whether they received …

2019 CE

#11073

The rhetoric of medicine: Lessons on professionalism from ancient Greece.

NICHOLSON, Nigel SELDEN, Nathan R.

A collaboration between a classicist (Nicholson) and a neurosurgeon (Selden). The text is divided into 7 chapters covering the general topics of "body, money, competition, restriction, autonomy, mentoring, self."

2010 CE

#8430

The symptom and the subject: The emergence of the physical body in ancient Greece.

HOLMES, Brooke (1976 – )

2014 CE

#7503

The tools of Asclepius: Surgical instruments in Greek and Roman times.

BLIQUEZ, Lawrence J.

The first major work on the subject since Milne's Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times (1907).

1988 CE–2006 CE

#8568

Théophraste. Recherches sur les plantes. Texte établi et traduit par Suzanne Amigues. 5 vols.

THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESOS (ΘΕΌΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ) (371 – 287) AMIGUES, Suzanne

1976 CE–1990 CE

#9616

Theophrastus: De causis plantarum Books 1-2, Books 3-4, Books 5-6. Edited and translated by Benedict Einarson and George K.K. Link. 3 vols.

THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESOS (ΘΕΌΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ) (371 – 287) EINARSON, Benedict (1906 – 1978) LINK, George Konrad Karl (1888 – )

1916 CE

#9615

Theophrastus: Enquiry into plants and minor works on odours and weather signs. With an English translation by Sir Arthur Hort. 2 vols.

THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESOS (ΘΕΌΦΡΑΣΤΟΣ) (371 – 287) HORT, Sir Arthur (1864 – 1935)

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1972 CE

#8442

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: A digital library of Greek literature.

http://stephanus.tlg.uci.edu/tlg.php "The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG®) is a Special Research Program at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG® represents the first effort in the Hum…

1990 CE

#9130

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. Canon of Greek authors and works. Third edition.

BERKOWITZ, Luci SQUITIER, Karl A.

"In addition to digitizing texts, the TLG developed the Canon of Greek Authors and Works, originally a "registry" of all works included or about to be included in the corpus. Over time the Canon developed into an indi…

1815 CE

#7368

Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c. during the years 1812 and 1813.

HOLLAND, Sir Henry (1788 – 1873)