PAULUS AEGINETA. C.625-C.690.


Opera, a J. Guinterio Andernaco Medico exercitatissimo, summique judicii conversa, & illustrata Commentariis. Strassburg: Wendel Rihel, 1542. Folio (319 x 204 mm). 20th century calf antique, red morocco gilt spine labels. Ownership stamp on title; Dampstaining to bottom margins starting at Dd1.WITH: ADAMS, FRANCIS. TRANSLATOR. 1796-1861. The Seven Books of Paulus Aegineta. London: Sydenham Society, 1844-1847. 3 vols. 8vo (220 x 143 mm). Publisher's green cloth. Corners bumped, rubbed, minor spotting. "Paulus Aegineta was the most important physician of his day and a skillful surgeon. He gave original descriptions of lithotomy, trephining, tonsillectomy, paracentesis and amputation of the breast; the first clear description of the effects of lead poisoning also comes from him. His work first appeared in Greek from the famous Aldine Press in Venice in 1528" (Garrison-Morton). In Paulus Aegineta's 7 books he writes about the pulse, and cites Galen extensively. The translator of the 1542 title, Johann Winter von Andernach, provides commentaries in 7 appendices at the back of the text. The Adams translation, published in three volumes between 1844 and 1847, was the first English translation of the works of Paulus Aegineta. Garrison-Morton 36 and 8306; Heirs of Hippocrates 57 (first title).