ARETAEUS of Cappadocia (fl. ca. A.D. 50). Libri septem - RUFUS of Ephesus (fl. 1st century A.D.) De corporis humani partium appellationbus libri tres . Both texts translated from Greek into Latin by Junius Paulus Crassus (ca. 1500-75). Venice: Giunta Press, 1552. 4 o (243 x 170 mm). Collation: * 4; A-S 4; T-X 4 Y 6; *-*** 4 **** 6. 112 leaves. Roman and italic types. Printer's woodcut device on title page and verso of last leaf, woodcut ornamental initials. (Waterstain at inner corner of upper margins.) Contemporary limp vellum (stained at top). Provenance : Princes of Liechtenstein (bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS. Aretaeus' treatise on the causes, symptoms and treatment of acute and chronic diseases is the only work to survive intact from the Pneumatic school of physicians, founded in the first century B.C. This approach to medicine reflected Stoic influence and emphasized the physician's compassion for the patient. Aretaeus gave the first accurate account of diabetes, which he named, the first clear account of diphtheria, and the first description of epilepsy resulting from a depressed skull fracture. Rufus's treatise On the naming of the parts of the human body was the first work to deal with anatomical nomenclature. Rufus, who practiced medicine at Ephesus and wrote in Greek, was the most important Greek physician after Galen, and was ranked by the Byzantines with Hippocrates, Galen and Cheiron (a centaur, the mythical teacher of physicians). Rufus is credited with some 96 works on a wide range of medical subjects. A number of these survive, while fragments of others are known from Oribasius and other medical compilations of late Antiquity. Some of his works were translated into late Latin or into Arabic. NLM/Durling 256; Waller 458; Wellcome 392; Norman 62.
ARETAEUS of Cappadocia (fl. ca. A.D. 50). Libri septem - RUFUS of Ephesus (fl. 1st century A.D.) De corporis humani partium appellationbus libri tres . Both texts translated from Greek into Latin by Junius Paulus Crassus (ca. 1500-75). Venice: Giunta Press, 1552. 4 o (243 x 170 mm). Collation: * 4; A-S 4; T-X 4 Y 6; *-*** 4 **** 6. 112 leaves. Roman and italic types. Printer's woodcut device on title page and verso of last leaf, woodcut ornamental initials. (Waterstain at inner corner of upper margins.) Contemporary limp vellum (stained at top). Provenance : Princes of Liechtenstein (bookplate). FIRST EDITIONS. Aretaeus' treatise on the causes, symptoms and treatment of acute and chronic diseases is the only work to survive intact from the Pneumatic school of physicians, founded in the first century B.C. This approach to medicine reflected Stoic influence and emphasized the physician's compassion for the patient. Aretaeus gave the first accurate account of diabetes, which he named, the first clear account of diphtheria, and the first description of epilepsy resulting from a depressed skull fracture. Rufus's treatise On the naming of the parts of the human body was the first work to deal with anatomical nomenclature. Rufus, who practiced medicine at Ephesus and wrote in Greek, was the most important Greek physician after Galen, and was ranked by the Byzantines with Hippocrates, Galen and Cheiron (a centaur, the mythical teacher of physicians). Rufus is credited with some 96 works on a wide range of medical subjects. A number of these survive, while fragments of others are known from Oribasius and other medical compilations of late Antiquity. Some of his works were translated into late Latin or into Arabic. NLM/Durling 256; Waller 458; Wellcome 392; Norman 62.
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