Works and articles of special reference to Medicine
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1544 facsimile of the original printed in Toledo and written by Dr. Luis Lobera de Ávila, which is preserved in the Library of the Complutense University of Madrid, preceded by a study by Dr. Luis S. Granjel.
Le Livre des simple Médecines (The Book of simple medicines) of the National Library of Russia, in St. Petersburg, is a unique codex, not only for the beauty of its illustrations, but because it is the culmination of European medieval knowledge about the substance of the three kingdoms of nature that serve to cure or alleviate disease.
Bella facsimile edition of one of the most interesting Arab codices of the Royal Library of El Escorial: The Book of profits of animals, signature ms. Arabic 898, authored by Ibn al-Durayhim al-Mawsili.
The origin of the Canon Medicinae is attributed to the Abu Ali Ibn Sina Husaya, known in the Latin Medieval Europe as Avicenna, famous surgeon and philosopher who lived between the years 980 and 1037.
Facsimile edition of the Codex C-67, known as San Alberto, of the University Library of Granada, conducted in 1972 by the University of Granada under the direction of Luis García Ballester. De Rerum Natura (lib. IV-XII), by Thomas of Cantimpré, and Tacuinum Sanitatis.
Treaty Anatomy of the Human Body, Compendium of Medicine, along with other treaties. Incunable facsimile of Venice 1500. Joannem Ketham. Texts in Latin and Spanish.
Extraordinary facsimile in 1997 of the famous work of Andrea Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica Libri septem, according to the original 1555 edition of Basel.
Original preserved in the Vatican Library, consisting of 220 pages of parchment. In his drawings are the patterns in gold stigmas of Cardinal Fabio Chigi, then Pope Alexander VII. On the back it is with the insignia “Chigiane” in gold representing a metal frame shaped garlands.
This extraordinary codex comes from the rich personal library of Cardinal Fabio Chigi who, when elected Pope, took the name of Alexander VII (1655-1667), and is currently preserved in the Vatican Apostolic Library (Chig. F.VII. 159).
Dissertations on the root of the Ratanhia, the calaguala and Chinese and about the herb called chitons, Hipólito Ruiz.
Extraordinary facsimile edition carried out in 1995 on botanical trips to the kingdoms of Peru and Chile (1777-1788), paradigm of the illustrated expedition and the first one presented with exclusively botanical objectives. They were directors of the expedition Hipólito Ruiz and José Pavón, and as cartoonists José Brunete and Isidro Gálvez.
Extraordinary facsimile edition carried out in 1995 on botanical trips to the kingdoms of Peru and Chile (1777-1788), paradigm of the illustrated expedition and the first one presented with exclusively botanical objectives. They were directors of the expedition Hipólito Ruiz and José Pavón, and as cartoonists José Brunete and Isidro Gálvez.
Hippocratic Oath: engraved with the Hippocratic Original text of more than 2,500 years old. From the Greek text and collating all investigations conducted so far, the renowned Hellenist, CSIC researcher, Maria Dolores Lara, provides a polished translation that collects all the nuances of the Ethics Code, dealing with various aspects of the art medical and behavioral doctor.
Historiae Naturalis de Avibus, by John Jonstonus, year 1657: traditionally considered as one of the largest and most beautiful compendia of ornithology in the entire history of science.
Historiae Naturalis de Insectis, by Johannes Jonstonus, year 1653. Delicious volume dedicated to the fascinating world of insects. The extraordinary taxonomic work carried out by…
Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupedibus, by John Jonstonus, year 1652: traditionally regarded as one of the most beautiful quadruped studies in the entire history of science.
The Historiae Naturalis by Johannes Jonstonus represents one of the most outstanding efforts of human history to enter into that wonderful and often mysterious world of Nature, and to collect all the vast and scattered knowledge that for centuries had been divulged in this matter.
Facsimile of the original 1779 printed in Madrid and written by Dr. Casimiro Gomez Ortega, which is preserved in the Library of the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid, preceded by a study by Dr. Francisco Javier Puerto Sarmiento.
