[Rarebooks] FS: 2nd century medical writings of Aretaeus, the Cappadocian, in Greek & English. London: 1856

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(MEDICINE) Aretaeus. [Title in Greek] ...THE EXTANT WORKS OF ARETAEUS,
THE CAPPADOCIAN. Edited and Translated by Francis Adams. London:
Printed for the Sydenham Society. 1856. First edition thus. 2 parts in
1 (the first is the Greek text with English footnotes, the second is
the English translation). (2),xx,240;(241)-510pp. Index. Orig. blind
stamped cloth with gilt embossed coat-of-arms on both covers (top
fore-corner with wear from an old water stain), finely rebacked in
tooled calf with red morocco spine label. T.e.g. A preliminary leaf has
the imprint of "The Sydenham Society." Scarce.	$375.00 (trade discount
allowed)
Garrison-Morton ranks Aretaeus (who probably wrote in the middle of the
2nd century) as second only to Hippocrates in his ability to describe
diseases.

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