1644 edition of a 17th-century medical dictionary, giving a description and symptoms of various afflictions. "Many medical dictionaries were published in this period. The most remarkable were ... and the Greek and Latin lexica of Bartolommeo Castelli" (Garrison). Castelli based much of his information on the works of Galen and Hippocrates. The main text is followed by a small dictionary translating some Arabic words into Greek and Latin, which can subsequently be looked up in the main text. Altogether an important and influential medical dictionary, functioning as main entry for doing research upon various diseases. The first edition was published in 1607 in Venice.
Some small spots and thumbing throughout, and a few occasional user's marks in ink in the margins. Binding slightly damages and with some minor stains. Good copy. Garrison, p. 279; Krivatsy 2221.