Iatrica Seu Praxis Medendi The Practice Of Curing Diseases Being A Medicinal History Of Near Two Hundred Observations In The Cure Of Diseases Performed By The Author Hereof Whereunto Is Added Scholia An Appendix Etc With Table Of Contents In Ms

Author : Robert Recorde
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781479323128
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book The Urinal of Physick written by Robert Recorde and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Robert Recorde's 'The Urinal of Physick' was printed in London, at the sign of the Brazen Serpent, by Reynolde Wolfe in 1547. It remained in print for over 130 years, the final edition appearing in 1679 as 'The Judgment of Urines'. The work is an early urological treatise, concerned with the practice of making diagnoses by inspecting the patient's urine. Its pages are full of sensible nursing practice in accordance with the mores of the time and the teachings of classical authors such as Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna and others. Recorde was a physician at the courts of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I; he was also a very learned scholar and mathematician, a teacher of outstanding ability and a skilful textbook writer. He graduated B.A. from Oxford in 1531 and was subsequently licensed by the university to practice medicine. He received an M.D. degree from Cambridge in 1545, thus entitling him to the honorifics of Doctor and Physician. 'The Urinal of Physick' is dedicated to the Wardens and Company of the Surgeons of London, and Recorde signs the dedication “At my house in London. 8 Novemb. 1547”, so he was probably practicing medicine in the city by this date. The book is written in English, rather than scholarly Latin.