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The other, known as Continens, was translated in 1279 for Charles of Anjou. 23 By the mid to late thirteenth century, Rhazes 'works were well known in France, as the quantity of thirteenth-century manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale attests. 24 Besides the Ad Almansorem, another text by Rhazes, the De curis puerorum (also known as the Practica puerorum) contained descriptions of and remedies for twenty-four different ailments unique to children. 25 Another important Arabic figure instrumental in the development of Western pediatrics was Haly Abbas (' Ali ibn al-'Abbas, died 994), whose Kitab al-Maliki appeared twice in Latin translation.
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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The idea of some association of the liver and kidneys in the production of diabetes is at least as old as the eleventh century, and Gilbert's definition of the disease is undoubtedly borrowed from the "Practica" of John Platearius (A.D. 1075), of the school of Salernum.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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His pupils were Bartholomaeus, whose "Practica" was translated into German as early as the thirteenth century, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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"Practica" of Bartholomew was one of the most commonly used books of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries throughout Europe.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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"Practica," as yet unprinted, contains, according to Pagel, a short sketch of internal medicine, but is mainly devoted to surgery.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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Dutch manuscripts of this "Practica" of Bartholomew come mainly from the thirteenth century, and have not only a special interest because of their value in the history of philology, but because they are the main sources of all the later books on drugs which appeared in very large numbers in German.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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His "Practica" was printed in no less than seven editions in Venice.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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They drank a mug of beer in the ferry-house, and used to converse with the student, for he was a clever young man, who knew his "Practica," as they called it; he could read Greek and
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14 His Subtle Allegory concerning the Secrets of Alchemy, very useful to possess and pleasant to read, will be found in the Hermetic Museum, together with his Golden Tripod, consisting of translations of "Valentine's" "Practica" and Twelve Keys, Norton's Ordinal and Cremer's spurious Testament.
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In his "Practica," another alchemistic work, he says: "When I had emptied to the dregs the cup of human suffering, I was led to consider the wretchedness of this world, and the fearful consequences of our first parents 'disobedience ...
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