Aphorismi, ad mentem ipsius, artis usus, & corpis mechanismi rationem expositi.Paris, Guillelmum Cavelier, 1724. 2 volumes. 12mo. With a woodcut device on title-page and a tailpiece on the last page. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, red edges, marbled pastedowns and endpapers.
HIPPOCRATES (BOQRAT).
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[2], xl, [4], 316; [4], 317-"601" [=591], [33] pp.18th-century edition of Hippocrates Aphorisms in Greek and Latin, printed in 1724 in Paris. Hippocrates, in the Islamic tradition known as Boqrat, where he is often referred to as "the first codifier of medicine", is often named together with Galen, and their works mainly survived because of the Arabic translations. His aphorisms are a series of observations from which the patient s affliction could be deduced and treatment prescribed. Their broad application made them exceptionally valuable to medical practitioners of the time. These aphorisms were very popular in the Islamic world and they can show us that Arabic-speaking authors critically engaged with Greek heritage in Arab translation. Today, some of these Arabic commentaries on the Aphorisms have survived and these sources show us how medicine developed in Europe and Arabia through the ages. Although this edition is a combination of Greek and Latin, the work was very influential for Arabic medical literature, because the Aphorisms led to new writings in this genre. The Aphorisms are an influential benchmark in the Arabic medical literature.With an ink inscription of Ludovici Dubois, doctor of medicine. Slightly damaged at lower hinge of the first volume, small wormhole in lower margin of the first volume and some occasional spots. A very good copy.l Blake, p. 213; P.E. Pormann, "The Hippocratic aphorisms in the Arabic medical tradition: in Aspetar sports medicine journal. Seller Inventory # HCHAA4VAGU23
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