Record Source: Other PACSCL Partners / Subject: Medicine / Language: Latin / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1745">1745</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1749">1749</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Record Source Other PACSCL Partners Subject Medicine Language Latin Year 1745 to 1749

Extent:: 8.0 volumes
Abstract:: Gerard van Swieten (1770-1772) was a Dutch-Austrian physician who served as the personal physician to Austrian Empress Maria Theresa in 1745 and transformed the Austrian health services as well as medical university education. This collection consists of eight volumes of medical writings in Latin concerning nutrition, pharmacy, and surgery. Several pages at the beginning of Volume I, and a few pages elsewhere, are translated into English on the facing pages.

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