Lilium Medicinae; De Phlebotomia

Lilium Medicinae; De Phlebotomia

Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318

Manuscripts (document genre)

Judaica

Excerpts

Bernard de Gordon taught in the medical faculty at Montpellier, which was a refuge for Jewish students from Spain. The Lilium Medicinae, written in 1303 and first printed in Naples in 1480, must have been well-known and well-used, as there were 7 editions printed before 1501. The text is notable for including one of the first descriptions of a truss for inguinal hernia. The De Phlebotomia is exceedingly rare, with only 4 manuscript copies known.

From the Prince Dietrichstein Library.

Excerpt from a manuscript copy of Bernard de Gordon's Lilium Medicinae [Lily of Medicine] and De Phlebotomia [On Phlebotomy]

Bernard, de Gordon, approximately 1260-approximately 1318

1486

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Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library (Ballard 16)

text

Excerpt (2 pages)

Hebrew

DigID0002793

Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1933