John Arderne
Published: 2015-07-01
Total Pages: 106
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Excerpt from De Arte Phisicali Et De Cirurgia of Master John Arderne, Surgeon of Newark: Dated 1412 From the foundation of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1913, it has been my intention to publish from time to time, accounts of the research work carried out on the objects, manuscripts and other documents of special interest and importance in the Museum. Owing to the Great War this work was interrupted and had to be suspended. A short time ago, Sir D'Arcy Power, K.B.E., kindly undertook the laborious task of translating the interesting ancient manuscript of John Arderne of Newark, now in the Royal Library at Stockholm, which throws an important light on English surgery in the XlVth century. We are much indebted to Mr. Eric Millar, M.A., for having made a careful transcription of the document and our warmest thanks are due to Sir D'Arcy Power for the painstaking and thorough manner in which he has carried out the translation, which forms the first volume of the series. I trust it will be found of value not only to those interested in English surgery of the period, of which so little is known, but that it will also serve to stimulate the study of the History of Medicine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
