16th Century Editions:

Celsus, Aurelius Cornelius.

Medicina. Libri VIII. Venice, 1528. (1st) Aldine ed. Gift: Dr. Wm. B. Coley.

Erasmus (Desiderius) Roterodamus.

Apophthegma. Cologne, 1547. Aphorisms collected by Erasmus of Roterdam.

Lullus, Raymundus.

[Theorica et Practica. Cologne, 1566.] Volume contains also: Gesner, Conrad. "Mithridates...", 1555. "An account of 130 different languages, with the Lord's Prayer transl. Into 22 of them..." (From: Garrison: Hist. Of Med., 1914. Pp. 162).

Scribonium Largus.

De compositione medicamentorum liber. Basel, 1529. "Scribonium Largus in A.D. 43 accompanied the Emperor Claudius to Britain. His "Compositiones", written in barbarous Latin, is... referred to by Galen. (From: Bibl. Osleriana, pp. 359).

(Celsus) Note on the Dolphin and Anchor:

"The curious device of a dolphin entwining an anchor was the trade-mark of Aldus Manutius, fifteenth century Venetian printer. It was he who invented the italic to replace the clumsy, stolid Gothic of his time, and with marvelous skill blended the be st of the past to produce other type designs of grace, elegance and legibility unknown before him. But why the Dolphin and Anchor? In Aldus' own words (and his own italics):

"I can surely affirm that I have as my constant companions the dolphin and anchor. I have accomplished much by holding fast and much by pressing on."

The symbol devised by this Venetian typographer five centuries ago might well be adopted by thoughtful people today. The economic picture suggests strongly the wisdom of holding fast while pressing on, of cementing gains as well as extending them. Trust service, wisely used, may offer a steadying Anchor of great value."

Borellus, Petrus.

Historatium et Observationum Medicophysicarum Centuriae IV. Francofurti & Lipsiae, 1676.

Collins, Samuel.

A Systeme of Anatomy, Treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants. Illustrated with many Schemes, Consisting of Variety of Elegant Figures, drawn from the Life, and Engraven in Seventy four folio Copper-Plates. And After ev ery Part of Man's Body hath been Anatomically Described, its Diseases, Cases, and Cures are Concisely Exhibited.
Lond., 1685. 2 vols. Gift: Dr. Lee J. Whittles.
Collins' credentials, given on the title page of volume 1, read as follows: "Doctor in Physick, Physician in Ordinary to His late Majesty of Blessed Memory, and Fellow of the Kings most Famous College of Physicians in London, and formerly a Fellow of the Royal Foundation of Trinity College in the most Flourishing University of Cambridge."

Cooke, James.

Mellificium Chirurgiae: or, The Marrow of Chirurgery Much Enlarged. To which is now added Anatomy, Illustrated with twelve Brass Cuts, And also the Marrow of Physick: Both in the newest way. Lond., 1676.

Cooke, James.

Supplementum Chirurgiae or the Supplement To the Marrow of Chirurgerie. Wherein Is contained Fevers, Simple and Compound, Pestilential, and not, Rickets, Small Pox and Measles, with their Definitions, Causes, Signes, Prognosticks, and Cures, both gen eral, and particular. Lond., 1655. Gift: Dr. Gordon W. Russell.

Fletcher, J.

The Differences, Causes, and Judgements of Urine; According to the Best Writers Thereof, Both Old and new, summarily collected. Lond., 1623. Gift: Dr. J.B. Lewis.

Galen, Claudius.

Claudii Galeni in Aphorismos Hippocratis Commentaria... Lugduni, 1633. Latin text. The Greek text of the Aphorisms is also given.

Glisson, Francis.

Tractatus de Ventriculo et Intestinis. Oui praemittitur alius, De Partibus Continentibus in genere; & in specie, de Jis Abdominis. Lond., 1677. Gift: Sir William Osler, Feb. 1917. Copy inscribed by sir William Osler, to the "Hartford Med. Lib rary." Dated: Oxford, March 26, 1916.

Harvey, Gideon.

Casus Medico-Chirurgious: or, A most Memorable Case of a Noble-Man, Deceased. "Harvey was born and educated in Holland, matriculated at Oxford, and studied at Leyden and Paris. He never belonged to the English College of Physicians... His works ha ve no scientific value." (From: Bibl. Osleriana, pp. 261). Lond., 1678.

Kunkel, Johannes.

Utiles observationes sive animadversiones de salibus fixis & volatilibus... Lond. 1678.

Riverius, Lazarus.

Four books... containing five hundred and thirteen Observations of Famous and Rare Cures... Lond., 1678.

Riverius, Lazaurs.

Praxis medica: the Practice of Physick in Seventeen Several Books... Lond., 1655; 1678. Praxis medica was first issued in 1640 and, in English, in 1655.

Salmon, William.

Ars chirurgica. A compendium of the theory and practice of chirurgery. In seven books... Lond., 1699. "William Salmon, after travelling in New England and the West Indies, set up as an irregular outside St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He wrote many a strological and semi-popular medical works." (From: Bibl. Osleriana, pp. 224.)

Schroder, Johannes.

Ars medica dogmatico-hermetica. Francofurti, 1648. Gift: Dr. Gordon W. Russell.

Schroder, Johannes.

Pharmacopeia medico-chymica. Lugduni, 1649. Gift: Dr. Gordon W. Russell.

Sennert, Daniel.

The Institutions or Fundamentals Of the whole Art, both of Physick and Chirurgery, Divided into five Books. Plainly discovering all that is to be known in both; as the Subject and end of Physick; the Nature of all Diseases, their Causes, Signs, Diffe rences, Events and Cures. Also The Grounds of Chymistry, and the way of making all sorts of Salves, and preparing of Medicines according to Art; nothing of the like nature in English before. Long., 1656. Gift: Dr. W.S. Hulbert. "Like most of his cont emporaries, Sennert was a firm believer in witches and pacts with the devil." (From: Castiglione. His. Of Med., pp. 542).

Talbor, Sir Robert.

A Rational Account of the Cause and cure of Agues, With their Signes Diagnostick & Prognostick. Also Some specifick Medicines prescribed for the Cure of all sorts of Agues; With an Account of a successful Method of the Authors for the Cure of the most Tedious and Dangerous Quartans. Likewise some Observations of Cures performed by the aforesaid Method. Whereunto is added A short Account of the Cause and Cure of Feavers, and the Griping in the Guts, agreeable to Nature's Rules and Method Healing . Lond., 1672. "Talbor, an apothecary, devised an improved method of administering quinine. In 1672 he published the "Cause and Cure of Agues", but kept his remedy a secret. He successfully treated Charles II, who knighted him in 1678 and sent him to F rance to cure the Dauphin, with such good results that Louis XIV bought the secret and published it." (From: Bibl. Osleriana, pp. 368). (Gift: Dr. W.S. Hulbert)

Valentinus (Basilius) [pseud.]

Theodori Kerckringii Commentarius in Currum Triumphalem Antimonii Basilii Valentini, a' se latinate donatum. Amstelodami, 1671. According to Stillman, Sudhoff and Ferguson, date [cir. 1600] and authorship are open to question.

Welsch, Gottfried.

Rationale vulnerum lethalium judicium. 2nd ed. Lipsiae, 1662. Gift: Dr. J.B. Lewis.

Willis, Thomas.

Cerebri Anatome: oui accessit Nervorum Descriptio et Usus. Lond., 1664. 13 plates. "Plates 1 and 2 (which show the circle of Willis) and some of the others are the work of Sir Christopher Wren [1632-1723]." (From: Bibl. Osleriana, pp. 384).