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Pisciottanius, Paschal (and others)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.3912, 3913

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Pisciottanius, Paschal (and others)

Date(s): 1752-1753

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Pisciottanius | Paschal

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Not given.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Praxeos medicinae libri II-IV. Authore D. D. Paschale Pisciottano, ad usum Joachimi de Angelis. Lecture-notes of a student at Naples University, of which Vol. I is wanting. The lectures are all by Pisciottanus except the second in Book IV 'De morbis venereis', which is by Francesco Dolce: and the last of the same Book 'De herniis', given by Agnello Firelli. Contents: Praxeos liber II. De morbis pectoris (1 l. + 37 ff. + 3 ll. (last 2 bl.)). III. De morbis abdominis (1 l. + 144 ff. + 4 bl. ll.). IV. De febribus. De morbis venereis. De morbis mulierum. De morbis infantum. De herniis (3 ll. + 269 ff. + 1 bl. l.). Produced in Naples.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Physical characteristics:

3 vols. in 2. 4to. 20 × 14 cm. Original boards.

Finding aids:

Described in: S A J Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Purchased at Sotheby's 20/7/1931, Lot 12 (part).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from the Wellcome Library online catalogue.