Collection of short medical works (Miscellanea Medica XXIX)
Collection of short medical works Contents 1. ff. 1r-4v Anonymous, fragment of a herbal f. 1r Virtutes herbarum [by a later hand]. Item si quis radicem eufrosine per triduum ieiunus cum lacte papaveris comediat temptacionem per octo dies non habebit ... f. 4v ... Item decocta cum aqua et comesta dolorem pectoris mitigat. 2. ff. 4v-8r Anonymous, De complexionibus f. 4v Hic tractandum est de complexionibus hominum in mundo vivencium ... f. 8r ... quia semper vivere se credit et optat. 3. ff. 8r-9r Anonymous, De physiognomia f. 8r Qui habet vertutem acutum nobile est ... f. 9r ... Qui habet corpus inclinatum dicitur esse cupidus et avarus. 4. ff. 9r-10v Anonymous, De mensibus et dietis f. 9r Hic narrat primo de mense hic tractandum de duodecim mensibus per quos volvitur annus ... f. 10v ... Item owa dura et caseum durum et assaturas et carnes suynas non est sanum comedere quia fistulitates.
1 volume 10 ff. 8vo. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Unbound. Written in a neat rounded gothic script, probably in Germany: 33-40 lines to a page.
Temperament; Physiognomy; Diet; Materia Medica; Botany
Purchased at Sotheby's 28/7/1932, Lot 550.
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Format: Archive, Institution: n/a, Identifier: b19290949, Digicode: digwms, Collection code: MS.555