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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine
LYDGATE, John (1370 – 1451)

LYDGATE, John (1370 – 1451)

1370 – 1451

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source J G Murray · Published in 1820 in The Lives of Eminent and Remarkable Characters from the Counties of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk · Public domain

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c. 1490 CE

#13042

Governayle of helthe. Add: John Lydgate, Medicina stomachi.

LYDGATE, John (1370 – 1451)
LYDGATE, John (1370 – 1451)

Though it's exact publication date is uncertain, this is the first medical publication issued in English by William Caxton, the first English printer, who set up the first English press in Westminster Abbey. Only two …