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Istanbul, Patriarchate Library, Panaghia 79

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Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 18th c. (August 15th, 1760)
  • Genres: Medical or scientific
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

Contents:

Translation from Latin into Greek of the synopsis of practical medicine by Dr. John Allen in nine chapters by Alexander Giagkoulaios Byzantios.

John Allen (d. 1741) was a British physician and the author of the influential medical textbook Synopsis universæ Medicinæ practicæ; sive doctissimorum Virorum de Morbis eorumque causis ac remediis judicia. This work was translated into multiple modern languages, including Greek.

Please see the internet resources for a link to Allen's original work on Google Books.

Kouroupou and Géhin, see pp. 242-3.

Tsakopoulos, see pp. 130-131.

Bibliography

  • Perigraphikos katalogos tōn cheirographōn tēs vivliothēkes tou Oikoumenikou Patriarcheiou (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la Bibliothèque du Patriarcat Œcuménique: les manuscrits du monastère de la Panaghia de Chalki (Open in Zotero)