Hippocrates; Niccolo Leoniceno; Giovanni Marinelli - Aphorismi Nicolao Leoniceno Vicentino Interprete Ioannis Marinelli in Eosdem Commentarii VII. Ex Hip. Sententia Comprobati. Index Copiosus Rerum Ex Libris Hip. Ad Aphor. Explanationem Selectarum

Venice, [Gioacchino Bregnolo], 1583. Vellum. 236 leaves, 17 (of 19: text complete, missing final blanks). 16mo. Leaf 175 mis-numbered as 165. Contemporary vellum. Headpieces, tailpieces and decorated initial capitals. Very good. USTC No 835774. A collection of propositions "concerning the symptoms and diagnosis of disease and the art of healing and medicine. The first aphorism, which serves as a kind of introduction to the book, runs as follows: Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult. Neither is it sufficient that the physician be ready to act what is necessary to be done by him, but the sick, and the attendants and all outward necessaries must be lightly prepared and fitted for the business." - Britannica. .

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