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SCYLLACIUS, Nicolaus (1464 – )

1464 –

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1492 CE

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Rosa anglica practica medicinae. Ed: Nicolaus Scyllacius.

The first printed medical book of an Englishman. John of Gaddesden was a prebendary of St. Paul’s Cathedral and physician to Edward II. The work, to quote Garrison, “consists mainly of Arabist quackeries a…