A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes). Translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill.

  • Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Date:
1848
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Credit: A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes). Translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    with a translation of Mead's treatise. Title: Discourse of the Small-Fox anil Measles, by Richard Mead, &c. &e. To this is subjoined the Commentary of Rhazes, a most celebrated Arabian physician, on the same Diseases. Translated from the Latin by John Theobald, m.d., author of the Medulla Medicinal Uni- verses.'' There is no date on the title-page, but Nov. 23, 1747, is appended to a prefatory letter by the Translator. * 1748. 8vo. London, printed for John Brindley, &c. A second English translation, from Hunt's Latin version, together with Mead's treatise. Title: A Discourse on the Small-Pox and Measles, by Richard Mead, &c. &c. To which is annexed, a Treatise on the same Diseases by the celebrated Arabian Physician Abu-Beker Rhazes. The whole translated into English, under the Author's Inspection, by Thomas Stack, m.d., f.r.s. -|; 1748. 8vo. Goettingae, ex Officina Abrarn. Vauderhoeck, Acad. Typogr. Hunt's Latin translation, in the first volume of Mead's works. Title : Richardi Mead, &c. &c. Opera Medica, &c. &e. Editio tertia, ad Editionem Londi- nensem. *1751. 8vo. Parisiis. Hunt's Latin translation, among Mead's works. Title : R. Mead Opera, &c. Anglica Interpretatus est A. C. Lorry,'' &c. 1752. 4to. Neap. Hunt's Latin translation, among Mead's works. [Haller.] * 1756. 8vo. London. An English translation of Hunt's Latin version, together with Mead's treatise. Title : An Accurate Translation of Dr. Mead's Latin Treatise on the Small-Pox and Measles. To which is annexed a Version of the Commentary of Rhazes, a celebrated Arabian physician, on the same Distempers. This is a reprint of Theobald's version, as appears from a comparison of the two works; but the translator's name is not mentioned. * 1737. 8vo. Parisiis, apud Gulielmuni Cavelier. Hunt's Latin translation, in the first volume of Mead's works. Title : Richardi Mead Opera Omnia, &c. &c. Apparently the Paris edition of 1751, with a new title-page, and some parts reprinted. 1758. 4to. Neap. Hunt's Latin translation, among Mead's works. [Haller.] * L 762. 4to. London, printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, etc. &c. Stack's English translation, among Mead's works. Title : The Medical Works of Richard Mead, m.d., &c. &c. 176-2. 8vo. Augsburg. [n German, from Hunt's Latin translation, together with Mead's treatise. [Haller.]