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Johannes de Mirfeld of St Bartholomew's, Smithfield

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Johannes de Mirfeld of St Bartholomew's, Smithfield

Johannes de Mirfeld of St Bartholomew's, Smithfield

His Life and Works
Percival Horton-Smith Hartley
Harold Richard Aldridge
September 2013
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9781107686052
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    Originally published in 1936, this book deals with the first writings of a medical nature known to be associated with any English hospital and their mysterious author, Johannes de Mirfeld. Hartley and Aldridge provide the original Latin text of all of Mirfeld's works, along with an English translation on each facing page. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in medical history.

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    September 2013
    Paperback
    9781107686052
    218 pages
    216 × 140 × 13 mm
    0.28kg
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Part I. Introduction:
    • 1. The life of Johannes de Mirfield
    • 2 Johannes de Mirfield as a medical writer
    • Part II. The Breviarium Bartholomei:
    • 1. Introductory remarks
    • 2. Proemium, Latin, English translation
    • 3. De signis malis, Latin, English translation
    • 4. Chapter: De ptisi, Latin, English translation
    • Other extracts:
    • 5. Pulvis pro instrumento bellico (gunpowder), Latin, English translation
    • 6. Emplastrum Batholomei, Latin, English translation
    • 7. De ponderibus et mensuris, Latin, English translation
    • 8. Epilogue, Latin, English translation.
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    • Harold Richard Aldridge

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