De tartaro et eius origine in corpore humano, et quod ex eo podagra, calculi in renibus et vesica et quamplurime aliae aegritudines oriu[n]tur : ms., [between 1561 and 1572].

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De tartaro et eius origine in corpore humano, et quod ex eo podagra, calculi in renibus et vesica et quamplurime aliae aegritudines oriu[n]tur : ms., [between 1561 and 1572].

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A treatise, in Latin, on gout and calculi. A thirteen-page preface, in English, addressed to the Queen's secretary Sir William Cecil, compares Paracelsus's system of medicine to the other principal systems of the time. The author of the introduction gives little evidence of his identity: he describes himself as neither a practitioner of physic "nor ... worthy of the name of a professor thereof." He refers to his recent involvement in a case in the Court of Wards, when Cecil was absent because of his gout. Since Cecil was secretary of state from 1558 to 1572, and appointed master of the Court of Wards in 1561, the manuscript may be dated between 1561 and 1572.

1 v. (40 p.) ; 32 cm.

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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