feru[m] de Pensis | de Mandello die. xx. Nouembris. | *** 32 ff. Fo. Venetiis, Christophorus de Pensis de SAVONAROLA, GIOVANNI MICHELE [Opus medicinae, seu practica de aegritudinibus de capite usque ad pedes] [F. 1a. tit:] P[r]actica Ioannis Michaelis. Sauonarole. | [F. 2a:] §Ad Sigismundu[m] Polcastru[m] Uiru[m] quippe ingeniosissi- | mum operi p[r]actico deditu[m] amicum optimum. | [F. 7a:] §Ioannis Michaelis Sauonarole Patauini clarissimi | ac sui te[m]po[r]is medico[rum] p[ri]ncipis opus p[r]acticum in sex tra- ctatus diuisum feliciter incipit. | [F. 282a:] *** Imp[r]essum venetijs ma[n] | dato [et] expensis. Nobilis Uiri d[omi]ni Octauiani Scoti Ci- uis Modoetie[n]sis. 1497. Quinto Kal[endas]. Iulias Per B[o]netum Locatellum Bergomensem. 282 ff. F. Venetiis, Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1497. [Hain no. 14484.] Savonarola, GIOVANNI MICHELE [Summa de pulsibus, urinis et egestionibus] [F. 1a. tit:] SAVONAROLA DE PVLSIBVS | VRINIS: ET EGESTIONIBVS. | [F. 44a:] Impressum Venetiis per Magistrum Cristofo- rum de Pensis de Mandello. M.cccc.lxxxxvii. die | decimo mensis Februarii | 44 ff. Fo. Venetiis, Christophorus de Pensis de Mandello, 1497. [Hain no. 14491.] SAVONAROLA, GIROLAMO [Ricetto contra morbo spirituale.] [F. 1a:] §Frate Hieronymo da Ferrara del ordine de predicatori a suoi dilecti fratelli in Christo Iesu gratia pace & conso | latione dello spirito sancto. | [F. 2a. 1. 10:] §In conuentu sancti Marci Florentie. xv. Iulii. M.cccc. | Ixxxxvii. | Laude di fra Hier. ad infiammare il core al diuino amore | *** 2 ff. 4°. [Florentiae, Bartholomaeus de Libris, 1497.] [Hain no. 14371.] SCANAROLUS, ANTONIUS [Disputatio de morbo Gallico] [F. 1a. tit:] Disputatio Utilis de morbo gallico Et opinio[n]is | Nicolai Leo[n]iceni Co[n] | firmatio co[n]tra Ad| uersarium Ean | de[m] opinione[m] oppugnan | tem. | [F. 16a:] Explicit disputatio Vtilis de Morbo Gallico | Impressu[m] Bononiae, Die uero. xxvi. | Martii. M.CCCC. LXXXX. | VIII. | § | 16 ff. 4°. Bononiae, [Benedictus Hectoris], 1498. [Hain no. 14505.] SCHRICK, MICHAEL [Von den ausgebrannten Wassern] [F. 1 blank.] [F. 2a:] [H]Ienach steend verzeichnet die au[ss]geb[r]anntten | wasse[r] *** [F. 3a:] [H]Ie nachuolget ein nüczliche materÿ von man- | gerley au[ss]geb[r]an[n]tten wassern *** [F. 15b:] §Ged[r]ückt vnnd vollenndet von Io| hanni Bämler zü Augspurg. An sant| Margarethen abent. Anno domini. | | M.cccc.lxxxij. jar. [et]c. [F. 16 blank.] 16 ff. Fo. Augsburg, Johannes Bämler, 1482. [Copinger no. 5318.] SCOTT, SIR MICHAEL [Liber physionomiae.] [F. 1a (c. sign. aii-2b tab.):] [F. 3a (c. sign. aiiii):] Incipit Liber Phisionomiae: quem compi | lauit magister Michael Scotus. *** [F. 46b:] Michaelis Scoti de procreatione & hominis Phi | sionomia opus feliciter finit. | 46 ff. 12°. n. p., n. pub., [circa 1490.] *** [F. 77b. (c. sign. kvi):] Michalis Scoti de procreatione & hominis | Phisionomia opus feliciter finit. | M.CCCC.LXXVII. 77 ff. 12°. [Venice, Jacopo de Fivizano], 1477. [Hain-Copinger no. 14550.] First dated edition of the earliest printed work on generation. [SCRIPTORES ASTRONOMICI VETERES.] [pt. I wanting.] [pt. 2. f. 1a. (c. sig. A):] MARCI MANILII ASTRONOMICON | AD CAESAREM AVGVSTVM | LIBER PRIMVS. | [pt. 2. f. f. 124a.] ARATI PHAENOMENON RVFO | FESTO AVIENIO PARAPHRA | STE, | *.FINIS.* | [pt. 2. f. 125a:] *** ARATI SOLENSIS PHAENOMENA | CVM COMMENTARIIS. | [pt. 2. f. 185a:] PROCLI DIADOCHI SPHAERA, ASTRONOMI | AM DISCERE INCIPIENTIBVS VTILLISSIMA. | THOMA LINACRO BRITANNO INTER- | PRETE, AD ARCTVRVM, CORNV | BIAE, VALLIAEQVE ILLVSTRIS | SIMVM PRINCIPEM. | [pt. 2. f. 192a:] Venetiis cura, & diligentia Aldi Ro. Mense octob. | M. ID. Cui concessum est *** pt. 2. 192 ff. il. Fo. Venetiis, Aldus Manutius, 1499. [Hain no. 14559.] SERAPION, JOAN. [Breviarium medicinae.] [F. 1a. tit:] P[r]actica Jo. Serapionis dicta | b[r]euiarium. | Liber Serapionis de simplici | medicina. | Liber de simplici medicina. dictus | circa instans P[r]actica platearij. | [F. 211b:] §Imp[r]essum Uenetijs mandato [et] expensis nobilis viri | domini Octauiani Scoti Ciuis Modoetiensis per Bo- netu[m] Locatellu[m] Bergomense[m]. 17. kal. Ianuarias. i497 [sic]. | 212 ff. F°. Venetiis, Bonetus Locatellus for Octavianus Scotus, 1497. [Hain no. 14695.] SERAPION, [JOAN.] the younger. [Liber Serapionis aggregatus in medicinis simplicibus.] [F. Ia vacat] [F. 1b-2b tables.] [F. 3a vacat.] [F. 4a (cum sig. a2):] Liber Serapionis aggregatus in medi | cinis simplicibus. Tra[n]slatis Symonis SERMONETA, JOHANNES [Quaestiones super libb. aphorismorum et super lib. Tegni.] [F. 1a:] Questiones subtilissime Johannis | Sermonete super lib[rorum] affo[r]ismo[rum] | Eiusdem super lib[r]um tegni. | [F. 72b:] §Uenetijs vero imp[r]essa mandato et expensis Nobilis | Uiri D[omi]ni Octauiani Scoti Ciuis Modoetiensis. 1498. p[r]idie Kal. ap[r]iles. Per Bonetum Locatellum Ber- | gomensem. | 73 ff. F°. Venetiis, Bonetus Locatellus for SILVATICUS, MATHEUS [Liber pandectarum medicinae] [ff. 1-7 wanting.] [F. 8a:] Liber pa[n]dectaru[m] | medicine: omnia medicine simplicia co[n] | tinens: quem ex omnibus antiquo[r]um | lib[r]is aggregauit eximius artium *** [Ad finem:] Opus pandecta[rum] medicine emenda- | tum *** Et imp[r]essu[m] p[er] Her- | manum lichtenstein coloniensem p[r]o- | batissimum lib[r]arie artis exacto[r]em Uin | centie | 321 ff. F°. Vincentiae, Hermannus Liechtenstein, [circa 1478.] [Hain no. 15193.] Imperfect. ff. 1-7 missing. SILVATICUS, MATHEUS [Liber pandectarum medicinae] [F. I blank.] [F. 2a:] Matheus mo[r]etus B[r]ixiensis: Ad reue- rendissimum in ch[r]isto patre[m] ac dominu[m] Dominum Franciscu[m] de gonzaga Cardinalem Mantuanum ac Bononie legatu[m]. | [F. 7a:] Liber pandectarum medicine omnia medicine simplicia contine[n]s: quem ex omnibus antiquo[r]um lib[r]is aggregauit exi | mius artium & medicine docto[r] Mathe | us siluaticus ad serenissimum sicilie rege[m] | Robertum. | [F. 308a:] [Con]disi quid est lege literam condes. 308 ff. F°. [Argentorati, Adolf Rusch, circa 1470.] [Hain no. 15192.] SILVATICUS, MATHEUS [Liber pandectarum medicinae] [F. 1b:] Matheus mo[r]etus B[r]ixensis ad reuerendissimum in ch[r]isto patre[m] ac Dominu[m] D[omi]n[u]m franciscu[m] de gonzaga Cardinalem Mantuanu[m]: ac Bononie legatum. | [F. 206a:] Opus pandectarum medicine emendatum *** Et i[m]p[r]es | sum Uenetijs arte et ingenio Marini saraceni | Anno d[omi]ni. M.cccclxxxviij. xiiij. kal. Iunij. | FINIS | **** 206 ff. Fo. Venetiis, Marinus Saracenus, 1488. [Hain no. 15200.] SILVATICUS, MATHEUS [Liber pandectarum medicinae] [F. 1a. tit:] Opus pandectarum Matthei silua | tici cum Simone ianuense et cu[m] quotationibus aucto[r]itatum Plinii galieni | [et] alio[r]u[m] aucto[rum] in locis suis | [F. 154a:] Per Bernardinu[m] stagnin de | Tridino mo[n]tifferrati. M. cccc.lxxxxix. Die ve- | ro. xxvij. Marcij | Uenetijs. | 154 ff. F.° Venetiis, Bernardinus Stagninus de Tridino de Monteferrato, 1499. [Hain no. 15199.] TADDEO FIORENTINO. Libellus de sanitate. [In-de Nursia, B. Libellus de conservatione sanitate. *** 1477. pp. 265-279.] Tartaretus, PETRUS [Totius philosophiae necnon metaphysicae Aristotelis expositio] [F. I wanting.] [F. 2a:] Questiones admodu[m] subtiles et | vtiles cu[m] medulla totius materie artium quattuo[r] lib[r]o[rum] sententia[rum] *** [F. 147a:] Fructuosum facileq[ue] opus introducto[r]ium | in logicam philosophia[m] *** Imp[r]essu[m] v[er]o | cura [et] industria Nicolai vvolff alemani. Anno | [Christ]iane salutis. 1500. die vero. 10. decemb[r]is. v. 2. 150 ff. 4°. [Lugduni], Nicolaus Wolff, 1500. [Hain no. 15345.] THEOBALDUS, BISHOP [Physiologus denaturis duodecim animalium]. [F. 1a. tit.:] Phisiologus theobal | di episcopi de naturis | duodecim animalium. | [F. 2a:] () Uoniam [secundum platonem nihil est [or]tu[m] sub sole *** [F. 20a:] Finit phisiologus de duodecim naturis a[n]i[m]alium. | 20 ff. 8°. n. p., n. pub., [circa 1480.] [Hain no. 15467.] First edition. THEOPHRASTUS, ERESIUS [De historia et causis plantarum.] [F. 2a (cum sign. aaa et n. 1) Incipit Theophrasti. hist. plantarum; deinde ejusd. libb. de causis plantarum, qui term. f. 227a (c. n. 226):] [In- Aristoteles Opera graece. 1497. v. 4. ff. 2a-227a.] [Hain no. 1657.] THEOPHRASTUS, ERESIUS [De historia et causis plantarum] [F. 1 blank.] [F. 2a:] THEODORI GRAECI THESSALONICENSIS AD NICOLA | VM QUINTVM PONT. MAX. | [F. 4b:] THEOPHRASTI DE HISTORIA PLANTARVM LIBER PRIMVS PER THEODORVM GAZAM IN LATINVM EX GRAE | CO SERMONE VERSVS. | [F. 156a:] IMPRESSVM TARVISII PER BARTHOLOMAEVM CON | FALONERIVM DE SALODIO. ANNO DOMINI. M.CCCC. LXXXIII DIE XX. FEBRVARI. | 156 ff. F°. Tarvisii, Bartholomaeus Confalonerius de Solodio, 1483. [Hain no. 15491.] DE THIENIS, GAIETANUS [Recollectae super VIII libb. physicorum Aristotelis.] [F. 1a:] Gaietani [de] thyenis vince[n]tini philo sophi | preclarissimi r[e]col[l]ecte sup[er] octo libros phy | sico[rum] Aristotilis [sic] incipiunt feliciter. | [F. 94a:] Finis recollectaru[m] Gayetani de tyenis | phylosophi preclarissimi f[elicite]r libris octo phy| sicorum a[ristotelis] ad laudem dei amen. [Register. In fine:] Deo gratias | 96 ff. Fo. [Tarvisium, Hessen, 1474.] Important and little known work by the third printer in Treviso, who printed only two works. DE TORNAMIRA, JOHANNES [Clarificatorium super nono Almansoris cum textu Rhasis.] [F. 1a. tit:] Incipit clarificato[r]iu[m] ioha[n]nis de to[r]namira | super nono alma[n]so[r]is cu[m] textu ipsius Rasis. | [F. 160b:] P[r]eclarissimi opus Ioha[n]nis de to[r]namira do = | cto[r]is famosissimi *** imp[re]ssum lug[duni]. p[er]. Ioha[n]nem trechsel | alemanu[m] artis imp[r]esso[r]ie mag[ist]r[u]m Anno n[ost]re sa | lutis Millesimoquadringe[n]tesimo nonagesimo | die v[er]o decimaseptima me[n]sis Iunij finit feliciter. | [F. 161.] Tabula. | [F. 162a.] Epistola. | 162 ff. 4°. Lugduni, Johannes Trechsel, 1490. [Hain no. 15551.] [TRACTATUS DE VINO ET EIUS PROPRIETATE] [F. 1a blank.] [F. 1b:] §Genus hominu[m] hac nostra etate multis laborare | *** [F. 2a. 1. 7:] §Tractatus de uino & eius proprietate. §De uindemiis Capitulum primum. | [F. 8b:] Finis. | 8 ff. 4°. [Romae, Johannes Besicken et Sigis- VALESCUS DE TARANTA. [De epidimia et peste.] [F. 1a:] Incipit tractatus de epidimia et peste | domini ualasti de tarenta artium et medicine | docto[r]is excellentissimi Prologus | [F. 20a:] Et sic est finis totius tractatus Deo gracias | 20 ff. 4°. n. p., [circa 1475.] VALESCUS DE TARANTA. [De epidimia et peste] [F. 1a:] Incipit tractatus de epidimia [et] peste | domini valasti de tarenta: artiu[m] [et] me | dicine doctoris excel lentissimi p[ro]log[us] | [F. 14a:] Finis huius. Deo gratias | 14 ff. F°. [Argentorati, Martinus Flach, circa 1470.] [Hain no. 15244.] [VERSEHUNG Von Leib, SeelE, EHRE UND GUT] [F. 1a. tit:] Versehu[n]g leib sel | er vnnd gutt | [F. 2a:] In disem puch ist geschribe[n] ein | notturftige nutzliche trostliche | v[o]n der mass vo[r] vnerho[r]te vnterweisung zu uersechu[n]g eines menschen leib sell er vnd gutt. [F. 181a:] §Ged[r]uckt in der erentreichen | stat nürenberg in dem. Ixxxix. iare. | *** 181 ff. il. 4°. Norimbergae, [Conrad Zeninger], 1489. [Hain no. 16019.] VINCENTIUS BELLOVACENSIS. [Speculum naturale] [v. 1. F. 1a:] Incipit speculu[m] naturale Vincentij beluace[nsis] | fratris o[r]dinis p[re]dicatorum. Et p[r]imo p[ro]logus [de] | causa suscepti op[er]is et eius materia. P[r]imu[m]. |[v. 2. F. 327b:] perstricta sunt. sed latiore in fine speculi hysto= |rialis. p[er]patescunt. Amen. | 2 v. 368 & 328 ff. F°. [Argentinae, Adolf Rusch, 1473.] [Copinger no. 6256.] WIRECKER, NIGELLUS [Speculum stultorum.] [F. 1a. tit:] Brunellus in speculo stulto[rum]. | [F. 2a:] [S]Uscipe pauca tibi veteris guillerme nigelli | Scripta, etc. [F. 60b:] Brunelli in speculo stultorum | Finis adest feliciter. Amen. | [60] ff. I woodcut. 8°. [Leipzig, Kacheloven, 1494.] [Hain no. 16217.] ZENO, ANTONIUS [De natura humana.] [F. Ia:] PETRUS Barbus polensis Sacrae Medicinae | Docto[r] ad Lecto[r]em. | *** [F. 58b:] §Imp[r]essus Anno d[omi]nicae natiuitatis. M.cccc. nonagesimo p[r]i | mo Ianuarij p[r]imo p[r]imus hic: per Dionysium. Bononiensem | Uenetijs libellus est faustis ominibus. | *** 58 ff. 4°. Venetiis, Dionysius Bononiensis, 1491. [Hain no. 16281.] Imperfect. v. 2 (sig. b-p)-Liber Mercurialis, missing. RENÉ THEOPHILE HYACINTHE LAËNNEC (1781–1826) OUR cover illustration reproduces the features of the great internist to whom we owe the discovery of the stethoscope. Born at Quimper in Brittany, February 17, 1781, young Laënnec grew to manhood during some of the most troublous years in the history of France. He studied medicine at Paris, receiving his degree of doctor in 1804. While yet an undergraduate student he had published a report of the clinical and pathological findings in a case of cardiac disease with pulmonary complications. After graduation he continued his researches in pathological anatomy. In 1816 he became chief of service at the Neckar Hospital, and in the same year he discovered the value of a hollow tube for the purpose of listening to the intrathoracic sounds and interpreting their significance. The value of percussion had been discovered by Auenbrugger in 1763, and it had been much employed by Corvisart, Laennec's chief teacher. Auscultation of the chest by the application of the ear to its wall shocked the modesty of some physicians, and Laënnec states that the filthy condition of patients in the hospitals made it repugnant to them, a curious reflection on hospital conditions at the time. Laënnec was led to his great discovery by observing some children playing in the gardens of the Louvre, at listening to the transmission of sounds along pieces of wood. The next day he experimented in his ward at the Neckar Hospital, with a piece of rolled-up paper, and the stethoscope was found. The early stethoscopes which he contrived were constructed of cylindroids of glued paper, the later of wood. Laënnec gave the name to the appliance, forming it from two Greek words, one meaning the chest, the other to observe or regard. He communicated the result of his observations before the Medical Society of Paris and to his students in his lectures and clinical teachings, but it was not until the summer of 1819, just one hundred years ago, that he published his book, "De l'Auscultation mediate ou Traité de diagnostic des maladies des poumons et du cœur fondé principalement sur ce nouveau moyen d'exploration." Seven years later, on August 13, 1826, at the early age of forty-five, he died in the quaint old Breton town in which he first saw light. HENRY E. HANDERSON'S "GILBERTUS ANGLICUS." THE Cleveland Medical Library Association has not only rendered a graceful and well-deserved tribute to the memory of the late Dr. Henry E. Handerson, but has done a service to the profession in printing posthumously for private distribution his |