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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

De medica historia mirabili.

Publication Details

Mantua: per Fr. Osanam, 1586 CE.

An early history of diseases, with extensive sections on ophthalmology (ff. 66-77) and urology (ff. 260-271). Lib. IV, Cap. iii, page 196 contains the first recorded case of gastric ulcer. Lib. VI. cap. iii contains the first description of angioneurotic edema (later described as Quincke's edema, No. 4081). Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#3417
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Geographic Context

Publication place: Mantua