Viaticum Novum: De Omnium Fere Particularium Morborum Curatione Liber, Authoris Innominati Quidem, Sed Longè Doctissimi, Verè Aureus Et Incomparabilis (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition) - Softcover

Jacques Houllier

 
9780243493531: Viaticum Novum: De Omnium Fere Particularium Morborum Curatione Liber, Authoris Innominati Quidem, Sed Longè Doctissimi, Verè Aureus Et Incomparabilis (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition)

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This book is a treatise on ocular medicine. It details conditions of the eye and head using the medicinal knowledge of the time, explaining the causes and treatments for headaches, eye conditions, and related complaints. The author draws on well-known sources of the time, including the work of Avicenna and Galen, and offers surgical and pharmaceutical remedies, many of which remain relevant or have inspired modern medicine. Through this lens, the book offers a comprehensive look at the medical capabilities and understanding of the era from which it hails, and insight into the scientific methods of antiquity. It provides a unique perspective on how medical practitioners understood the human body and treated disease over a millennium ago.

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9780666834171: Viaticum Novum: De Omnium Fere Particularium Morborum Curatione Liber, Authoris Innominati Quidem, Sed Longè Doctissimi, Verè Aureus Et Incomparabilis (Classic Reprint) (Latin Edition)

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ISBN 10:  0666834172 ISBN 13:  9780666834171
Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018
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