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Medical Epitome

  • Paul of Aegina
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical Epitome. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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  • Untitled text in two columns that bears no relation to the body of the manuscript.
  • Book i., treating of hygiene generally, including pregnancy, diseases of children, baths, foods, regimen, sleep, etc.
  • Book ii., treating of fevers.
  • Book iii., Local affections dealt with in topical order from the top of the head to the soles of the feet.
  • Book iv., External affections not peculiar to any particular part of the body; intestinal worms.
  • Book v., Wounds, bites of men and animals, hydrophobia, and poisons. In the manuscript, this book is erroneously called the sixth.
  • Book vi., treating of surgery, fractures and dislocations.
  • Book vii., The properties of drugs and composition of medicines; weights and measures.
  • Untitled text in different hands.
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