Clavis medicinae duplex = The two keys of medicine / Carl Linnaeus ; from a Swedish translation, with introduction and commentary by Birger Bergh [and others] ; translated by Peter Hogg ; edited by Lars Hansen.

  • Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778.
Date:
2012
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About this work

Also known as

Two keys of medicine

Publication/Creation

London : IK Foundation, 2012.

Physical description

275 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : facsimiles ; 23 cm.

Notes

Includes facsimile reproduction of Clavis medicinae duplex. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii, 1766.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The greatest jewel in medicine / Gunnar Broberg -- Comments on the translation / Birger Bergh -- Clavis medicinae duplex (1766) with translation / Carl Linnaeus -- Notes to the translation / Birger Bergh -- Botanical commentary, English and Latin names / Bengt Jonsell -- The English names in the translation and the corresponding modern scientific names / Bengt Jonsell -- Names of diseases in Linnaeus and in the 21st century / Bengt I. Lindskog -- Explanations of words and concepts / Bengt I. Lindskog -- Linnaeus lectures on life / Gunnar Broberg -- Notata subitanea (1771) / Carl Linnaeus & Olof Bjurbäck.

Language note

English; facsimiles in Latin, with translation into English.

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