Profitable and Necessarie Booke of Observations

Title: Profitable and Necessarie Booke of Observations
Description: This book is a revised reprint that combines two early medical writings of the surgeon William Clowes, with additional case histories. More primarily based on Clowes’ 1588 book A Prooved Practice, Clowes utilized this edition to expand upon his descriptions of experiences treating war wounds and veneral disease—particularly syphilis. It is the final text Clowes published in his lifetime. This reproduction contains an introduction and a medical introduction as well as the facsimile.
Contributor: Starnes, De Witt Talmage, 1888-1967, [editor, instruction author]; Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1978 [editor, introduction author]; Edward Brothers, Inc. [lithoprinters]
Creator: Clowes, William, approximately 1540-1604
Date: 1596 [original text published]; 1945 [facsimile published]
Format: 16.2cm x 23.5cm x 2.2cm
Identifier: RD156 C648 (1596) 1945
Publisher: Scholars ̓Facsimiles & Reprints (New York)
Type: Book
Original Format: Book
Tag: 16th-century physicians; 16th-century texts; English surgeons; Facsimiles