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MEDICAL INCUNABULA
and the
DIFFUSION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Incunabula in the National Library of Medicine
MEDICAL INCUNABULA
and the
DIFFUSION OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
Incunabula in the National Library of Medicine
by
Peter Krivatsy
Published in conjunction with an exhibit
at the
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
MAY — OCT. 1984
All illustrations are from original works in the incunabula collection of the Na-
tional Library of Medicine. The zodiacal illustration on the front cover is from
Anianus: Compotus cum commento. [Lyons] Matthias Huss [ca. 1492]. The por-
traits on page 1 were taken from Schedel, Hartmann: Liber chronicarum.
Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1493. Initial "T" is from Montagnana, Bartolomeo:
Consilia medica [Venice] Bonetus Locatellus, 1497.
he computer terminals that serve patrons in a medical library
are one result of the electronic revolution that has completely
changed the field of health science communications. Com-
puterized literature retrieval systems produce needed infor-
mation in a matter of minutes. A somewhat comparable
revolution occurred about 530 years ago. In 1454, one year
after the fall of Constantinople, the first European book
printed with movable type (and bearing a date) appeared.
From the beginning of our civilization man has searched for methods of com-
munication. Cave drawings and paintings were followed by carvings in stone,
then by writing on vellum and on paper. Thousands of scribes spent lifetimes
writing to spread the word. Even so, by the end of the Middle Ages the
manuscript trade could no longer keep up with a greatly expanded reading
public. The answer to increased literacy and to the growing demand for
religious, artistic and instructional matter was movable type.
Incunabula is the term used to identify texts printed with movable type before
1501. The Latin word incunabula means the apparatus of a cradle, regarded
as the symbol of infancy. The child, the printed book, was born in Mainz or
in that area around 1450, and the next 50 years constitute its period of
"infancy."
Johann Gutenberg's invention spread quickly, first to neighboring towns and
then to many European cities. Albrecht Pfister introduced printing to Bamberg,
Johann Mentelin to Strassburg, Ulrich Zell to Cologne. Two German clerics,
Konrad Sweynheym and Arnold Pannartz brought printing to Italy — printing
first in Subiaco, and by 1467 in Rome. Printing was introduced to Switzerland
around 1468, to France in 1470, to Spain and the Low Countries in 1472.
William Caxton introduced printing in England in 1476-7. These printers initially
concentrated on theological and legal works as well as on classics in demand
at the time. In 50 years approximately 40,000 editions were printed, totalling
6,000,000 copies. Science and medicine reached readers mainly after the
market has been glutted with other works. This enormous escalation of out-
put, referred to by many as the diffusion of knowledge, may be compared only
with the computerized dissemination of information of our time.
The earliest printed medical book is generally accepted to be Jean Charlier
de Gerson's tracts on self-abuse titled De pollutione nocturna, printed in
Cologne by Ulrich Zell in around 1466. The National Library of Medicine owns
the second edition of this work, also printed by Zell around 1467. In the latter
year Hrabanus Maurus' De sermonum proprietate; sive, Opus de universo was
printed by Adolf Rusch in Strassburg. The work describingthe universe includes
a chapter on medicine titled De medicina. The Library has the first edition of
this work.
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Gerson, Jean Charlier de. De pollutione nocturna. De
cognitinr.e castitatis et pollution/bus diurnis. Cologne,
Ulrich Zel, ca. 1467. Title page of second edition.
From 1467 on, medical books, and books in
related fields, appeared in a growing number of
European cities. Arnold C. Klebs' Incunabula scien-
tifica et medica lists 1060 individual works (in ap-
proximately 3000 editions in all), of which some
900 can be classed as medical. The National Library
of Medicine has 516 works, in 537 editions, printed
before 1501. Most of these medical and scientific
books were printed in prospering cities that were
close to universities. It is therefore not surprising
that the printers of Venice published more than 550
editions. Rome followed Venice, producing about
227 editions, Paris 214, Leipzig 204, Augsburg 179,
Cologne 156, Lyons 136, Strassburg 101, Antwerp
95, and Nurnberg about 93 scientific and medical
editions. In 50 years the printing of scientific and
medical books spread to more than 120 cities.
The output of medical works was decided by the
printers, and the printers were businessmen, whose
goal was to meet the needs of their customers. The
public's demand can be determined by the output
of the manuscript trade, which was well established
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fallaces:* item refumptioes i vltimo fallatcs* 5
2 3n omni egritudine conftotari mente et bene fe ba*
bere ad oblatioes/bonurcontrarium vero maul. 55
2 iBo plcnitudo no indigetia nc^ aliudrquodcuuc^
mart natura merit nibilbonum- 4
2 (Que multo tern pore ejetenuantur co?po:a/tarde re
uerticonfueuerut que vero mocuco/modice* 7
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malavalde que fiut ir ronabtfr. mfta eni taliu (u t icerta
i no valde pmanere ne03 mo:ari cofueuerut 17
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ell magi qua quib9 no pp:ia f m aliqo bonl ine(U 54
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Hippocrates. Aphorism/, sive Sententiae. [Nuremberg,
Caspar Hochfeder, 1496.] Third page of second edition.
by the middle of the fifteenth century. The printer
had some estimate of the quantitative demand for
books and had some idea of what kind of books
the public was interested in. Thus the printer was
essential not only in the diffusion of books but also
in the diffusion of knowledge.
In the field of science the two most-published
authors were Albert the Great (Albertus Magnus)
and Aristotle. Albert the Great's popularity was
based mainly on his Secreta mulierum (a work on
cosmetics) and his Liber aggregation'^ (a book on
the virtues of herbs, stones and animals). Of the lat-
ter, the Library has 5 editions, the earliest published
in 1483. The Secreta mulierum et virorum is
represented by 7 editions, the first printed by Adam
de Rottweil in Venice, in 1478. The richness of the
Library's collection is reflected in other important
works by Albert the Great, including his De anima,
De animalibus (both in 2 different editions), De
generatione et corruptione, Mariale, De
mineralibus, Philosophia pauperum in 3 editions,
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venena. Mantua, Johannes Vurster, 1473. Incipit of
first edition.
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Brunschwig, Hieronymus. Das Buch der Vergift der Pestilentz. [Strassburg] Hans Gruninger, 1500. First edition. Woodcut from
leaf VI.
One of the most sought-after Regimen pestilen-
tiae was that of Johannes Jacobi's work (the prose
version appeared frequently under the name of
Canutus) which appeared in 23 editions on the con-
tinent and in three editions in England in English.
The Library has three editions of the work. It also
owns a copy of Simon Pistoris' rare Declaratio
defensiva cujusdam positionis de malo Franco
(Leipzig, 1500) and a copy of the similarly rare work
of Bartholomaeus Steber's A malafranczos morbo
Callorum praeservatio ac cura (Vienna, 1497-8).
The National Library of Medicine's copy of this lat-
ter work would appear to be the only one in the
United States. The many books and pamphlets
describing, arguing about, and offering "sure"
treatments for epidemic diseases were not com-
pletely useless. These works helped initiate em-
bargos during epidemics and called attention to
hygiene.
Medical practice in the 15th century was
characterized by quackery and superstition, and a
physician usually believed in astrology. One of the
best sellers in this field was Marcus Manilius'
Astronomica, first published in Nuremberg, in
1473-4. The Library has the 1498-1500 Venetian
edition. During the second half of the fifteenth cen-
tury, Marsilio Ficino was the favorite philosopher-
astrologer of both Cosimo and Lorenzo Medici, and
he is represented by several incunabula in the
Library's collection. At the same time, much in-
terest attended editions of the freedman of
Augustus Caesar, C. Julius Hyginus. His Poetica
astronomica printed in Venice in 1482 by the
famous Erhard Ratdolt is present in the Library's in-
cunabula collection. Johann Muller, known as
Regiomontanus, is a familiar name to astrologers
because of the system of "house division" to which
he gave his name. In Nuremberg he published his
trigonometrical tables and in Venice, his Calen-
darium, helpful for astrologers and astronomers.
The Library has a copy of the latter published in
1485.
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CA1I PUNILSECVNDI.NATVRALIS HISTORIAE LIBER SECVNDVS,
{[An Finitus Sit Munduf »Et An Vnus* Capa.
VNDVM ET HOC Q^VOD NOMINE ALIO CAELVM
appellari libuittcuius circuflexu tegutur cunfta nume ee:credi p
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rimmonhercle magis q circiiaftorum fimul tinnitus ft/derjufuofcp uoluentiii orbes.An dulci qnide
&incredibili fuauitate cocentus nobis qui intus agimus iuxta diebus noclibufoj tacitus labitur mii/
dus:eueinnumeras ei effigies aialium rerumcjcundapiimpreflas^Necutiuolucrum notamusouis
lxuitatecontiuualubricum corpus:quod clariffimi auctores dixere tenerum. argumentis indicatur
quonia inde deciduis rerum omnium feminibus innumerae i mari pra>cipue:ac pleriiqj confufis mo
ftrifice digenerantur effigies.praeterea uifus .pbatione alibi plauftri:ahbi urfi-.tatiri alibi .alibi littcrae
figujracandioremediofuperuerticemcirculo. tj Curfu Mundus Dicatur* Cap.iili*
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femper in fe currente ima atcg media in toto terram eademqj uniuerfo cardine ftare pendente libra
temp quependeat ita folam immobile circa earn uolubili uniuerfitate:eandemcp ex omnibus ne-*
fti:eidemc5 omnia inmtu | De Septem planetis* cap.yi.
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camus errantia:cuerrent nulla minus illis*Quorum medius folferturdphffinia mngniru
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ftonHucmundi efletotiuseQ nguic.'Remcdwq j
euifdem connnene.copiUruG a venerabili nro "S^ag u
ftro jjofcpb firunpecfc ot Burckbaafenfupcarmina
qocda Sebafrum "Bunt vmuJbj wna p:oMToa«
GrUnspeck, Joseph. De pestilentiali
scorra. Cologne, Cornelis de Zieriksee, ca.
1500. Fifth edition. Title page.
Numerous almanacs were printed, usually on
one sheet, helping both physician and members of
private households to plan the year in advance: to
know what to do, and what to fear, in certain
months of the year. The almanacs usually includ-
ed short medical instructions, depending on the
months of the year and the standing of the con-
stellations. One of the early printed almanacs in the
Library's possession was published in Nuremberg
in Latin in 1487 and is the only copy in the United
States. Another almanac of which there is only one
copy in the country is in German published by
Jakob Honiger in around 1493.
At the end of the century more and more
"specialized" works appeared, discussing one or
two parts and functions of the human body. These
included Gilles de Corbeil's De urinis (Padua,
1483), De pulsibus (Padua, 1484) and De urinis et
de pulsibus (Venice, 1494-5) all present in the
Library's incunabula collection. Benevenutus
Grassus' De oculis (Ferrara, 1474), Matteolo de
Perugia's De memoria (Rome, about 1474, Milan
1475, Rome about 1490) are also present in the
Library's collection. Michele Savonarola's De
febribus was published once in Bologna (1487) and
twice in Venice (1496, 1498). The Library has the
latter two editions.
The most important author on surgery was Guy
de Chauliac. His Chirurgia appeared in several
French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin editions. The
Library owns the Venetian 1480, 1493, 1498 and
1499 editions of the work. Another author of
surgery, Guglielmo da Saliceto, is represented in
the collection by the French edition of his La
cyrurgie (1492) and the Italian edition of the same
work entitled La ciroxia vulgarmente fata (1486).
The works specializing in surgery were adequate
for the average surgeon of the time. The "general
practicioner's" instructional works were the Prac-
tica and in old German the Versehung. A represen-
tative work in this field is Valasco da Tarenta's Prac-
tica (the Library has the 1490 and the 1500 Lyons
editions) which discusses the symptoms of sickness
followed by the description of the suggested cure.
The anonymous Versehung von Leib, Seele, Ehre
und Gut tries to be more comprehensive. The
Library has all three known editions of the work.
We may classify as "practica" Johannes de
Ketham's Fasciculus medicinae even if it does not
follow the usual pattern of the practica. It was very
popular because of its folio-sized anatomical illu-
strations which are clear and instructive for the
period. The incunabula years witnessed four Latin,
one Italian and three Spanish editions. The Library
has the 1495 and 1500 Venetian editions in Latin.
^^-^——^^t, Fafrieulus medicine
£pr< M« »» km. |)| ■oM.tv.aXWiiini.
Ketham, Johannes de.Fasciculus medicinae. Venice,
Joannes and Cregorius de Cregoriis, 1495.
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12
Some of the most sought after and enjoyed
readings of the 16th century were encyclopedias,
chronicles, and histories. Rhazes (Muhammad ibn
Zakanya, Abu Bakr, al-RazT) was the author of one
of the great medical encyclopedias of the Arab-
speaking world. The Library has a good copy of this
incunabulum, the only edition printed in the 15th
century, entitled Liber Elhavi id est Continens artem
medicinae (Brescia, 1486). This work is larger than
the popular Canon of Avicenna. The most impor-
tant scientific incunabulum in Hebrew was the
Canon medicinae by Avicenna (Ibn Sfna), publish-
ed in 1491, in Naples. A leading historical work on
the "best seller list" is Pliny the Elder's famous
Historia naturalis published in 18 incunabula edi-
tions. This work was one of the main sources of
scientific knowledge until the end of the sixteenth
century. The Library has 4 Latin and 2 Italian edi-
tions of the work. A very popular work with visitors
to the Library is Hartmann Schedel's Liber
Chronicarum, published in Nuremberg by Anton
Koberger in 1493. It contains several hundred il-
lustrations depicting Medieval cities, popes,
philosophers, and the most famous medical doc-
tors from the beginning of Western civilization until
1480.
The publication of important collected works of
scientific and medical authors began slowly. Not
only was there little demand for them, but also the
costs of producing the opera of voluminous authors
were great. For example, Galen's Opera omnia (in
Latin) was published late (in Venice in 1490) and
M id
Synonyma Simorus Gcnuenfis.
Cognita n»n plenemcdicie noiareru
Prdere ,ppolui:quo luuet arnsop?.
Si qtii uolui tide non polTe negaui:
Adutrua fans eft hoc uoluuTe faas.
Omino fuo preapuo dno
Magiftro campanoddini
pape capellano canonico
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fubdiacon? fe rpfii.Ex debito opufcu
lum la dudii auobis poftulatu quad
aliquid utile cdtinens cu quata potui
diligenaqualitercunqjadhnem ufq;
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ludicidum et fi fupplici rogatui det
audacia etii corngedum:dumodo tm
pbilofopbie culme adbuiufmodi ui-
lia non dedignet'defcedtre.nec certe
mibi deeft ab impio uro prefumptio
nam uos ipfi hoc ipfii mibi luffiftis:
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cognofcebans na'qj rui fpaftis.porro
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pi lore dc paucr.io quod fl.it a me cii
tanta tuctlditate receptum :cii quanto
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• piineyn Pimp3 pjyn (a noiianpix'yaa
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31 prnan tin irpn ocpni D-yl3J otki Pn'aiii
3iaT i^irr th pnncn -nxS pc kipv pb yr\. 31
1PJ13W3 Nirw naoarri 3ici iKtrnc tcsk HaN • tna
pamx3 wb' nH t»x cjib Jn J'sa ntv\3 piyn ;a
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Simon of Genoa. Synonyma medicinae, sive Clavis sanationis.
Milan, Antonius Zarotus, 1473. Large initial "D" in gold, red
and blue and coat of arms of owner.
Avicenna. Canon medicinae. Naples, Azriel ben Joseph de
Gunzenhausen, 1491. First page of Hebrew text in vol. III.
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