Commentary on Boerhaave's Aphorisms

There is no indication of the writer's identity. The date of the manuscript cannot be earlier than 1739 as a work of that date is quoted on the flyleaf. The contents are as follows:-A neatly - written commentary, in Latin, on Boerhaave's Aphorisms, a copy of the third edition (1722) of which is interleaved with the manuscript. The commentary is less full than that contained in MS.MSL.90.

18th Century

364 folios 4to. 25.5 × 19 cm. Original vellum binding.

Cf. MSS. Nos. 90 and 120.

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).