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Fasciculus medicine in quo continentur: videlicet. ; Primo iudicia vrinarum cum suis accidentijs. Secu[n]do tractatus de flobotomia. Tertio de cyrogia. Quarto de matrice mulieru[m] [et] impregnatione. Quinto concilia vtilissima contra epidemia[m]. Sexto de anothomia mu[n]dini toti[us] corporis humani: et q[uam]plura alia que hic no[n] explanantur in titulo habe[n]tur in hijs opusculis: vt manifestetur legenti

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Description: Anonymous. By Horace Walpole. Some copies have an added titlepage printed in black, red and blue. 200 copies printed. "List of books printed at Strawberry-Hill": p. 87-88; "Curiosities added since this book was completed": p. 93-94; "More additions": p. 95-96.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1495, Oct. 15
Call number: 103846
Creator: Ketham, Joannes de (active 15th century)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Vollbehr, March 23, 1925.
Dimensions: 33 cm (folio)
Associated people: Morsianus, Petrus Andreas, (-1501,); Gregori, Giovanni de', (active 15th century,); Gregori, Gregorio de', (active 1480-1528,); Mondino dei Luzzi, (-1326.); Tossignano, Pietro da, (-1401.)
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Incipit Fasciculus medicine / compositus per excelle[n]tissimum artium ac medicine doctorum: dominu[m] Ioa[n]nem de Ketham Alamanum: tractans de anothomia [et] diuersis infirmitatibus: [et] corporis humani: cui annectuntur multi alij tractatus per diuersos excelle[n]tissimos doctores co[m]positi. Necnon anthomia Mu[n]dini
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