Waldschmidt, Johann Jacob (1644-1689)

  • Waldschmidt, Johann Jacob, 1644-1689
Date:
Late 17th century
Reference:
MS.4961
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About this work

Description

Institutions of Rational Physic. Holograph anonymous translation of the first two books of 'Institutiones medicinae rationalis', first published at Marburg in 1688.

Publication/Creation

Late 17th century

Physical description

1 volume 2 vols. on 1. folio. 31 × 20 cm. Paper covers. Margins and corners frayed. Written on the rectos only.

Contributors

Acquisition note

Purchased 1935.

Biographical note

The author was M.D. of Giessen, and afterwards professor of medicine and of physics at Marburg: he was a follower of the Iatrochemical theories of Sylvius.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Notes

No record of an English translation of this work has been traced in the bibliographies.

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  • 67959A,B