B167322
System control number
3009
Author
Lowe, P.
Title
A Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie ..., [bound with] ... the Presages of Divine Hippocrates
Edition
3rd
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: Thomas Purfoot, 1634
Physical description
(xxiv), 447, (9 index), (ii), (29), 20 cm
Biographical or historical data
Author Peter Lowe was a Scottish surgeon trained in France at the church of Cosmos and Damien in Paris. After serving French King Henry IV, he returned to Scotland following a brief period in London. Upon his return to Scotland, he was troubled by the state of Scottish medical education. He settled in Glasgow and found the city’s medicine in the hands of quacks, charmers, and witches. To address this, he obtained a charter from King James VI, who granted him a Royal Charter on 29th November 1599, establishing what became the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Notably, during this period in Scotland, surgeons held a higher status than in England, which may explain why he was able to secure a Royal Charter. The first edition of the Chirurgerie, published in 1597, was the first surgical textbook written in English rather than Latin. The first edition was popular across the British Isles and contains the earliest reference in English to ligation of blood vessels in limb amputations. This particular book is the third edition, corrected and significantly amended from the original publication. It aims to elucidate the practice of surgery as understood at the time. The book consists of questions and answers, divided into ten ‘books’ (chapters).
The Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrvrgerie is accompanied by the classical prognostic works of Hippocrates. Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period, considered a father figure in the history of medicine. He is regarded as the first physician to establish medicine as a science, viewing disease as caused by environmental or hereditary factors. This approach laid the groundwork for modern medicine, which today emphasises disease prevention.
Notably, during this period in Scotland, surgeons held a higher status than in England, which may explain why he was able to secure a Royal Charter. The first edition of the Chirurgerie, published in 1597, was the first surgical textbook written in English rather than Latin. The first edition was popular across the British Isles and contains the earliest reference in English to ligation of blood vessels in limb amputations. This particular book is the third edition, corrected and significantly amended from the original publication. It aims to elucidate the practice of surgery as understood at the time. The book consists of questions and answers, divided into ten ‘books’ (chapters).
The Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrvrgerie is accompanied by the classical prognostic works of Hippocrates. Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period, considered a father figure in the history of medicine. He is regarded as the first physician to establish medicine as a science, viewing disease as caused by environmental or hereditary factors. This approach laid the groundwork for modern medicine, which today emphasises disease prevention.
Subject
SURGERY (Categories)
B167322
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