Kaitai Shinsho, the single most famous Japanese book of medicine & Geka Soden, an early very important manuscr...
A detailed description of the accounts of two very important medical works, the impact of the contents in Japan and their significance worldwide. This work reveals many never noticed details, facts and relations and emphasizes again the importance of bibliographic research. More info
Manuele operatien, zynde een nieuw ligt voor vroed-meesters en vroed-vrouwen. Facsimile en commentaar, onder r...
Towards the end of the 17th century, Hendrik van Deventer was breaking new ground with his work for the obstetrician and the midwife. This became the first work on obstetrics to be written in the Dutch language and was to have a considerable influence on the practice of obstetrics in the 18th centur... More info
`De vreselijkste aller harpijen`. Pokkenepidemieën en pokkenbestrijding in Nederland in de achttiende en nege...
Eeuwenlang stonden de pokken in de schaduw van andere plagen, maar rond 18OO werden ze volksvijand nummer één. De ontdekking van het pokkenvaccin leverde een belangrijk wapen in de strijd tegen deze plaag. Grootscheepse inentingscampagnes gingen van start om de pokken te bestrijden, desnoods onder d... More info
The pentagram as a medical symbol. An iconological study.
The five-pointed star drawn in an unbroken line is the subject of the present study. During the 16th century until into the 17th century the pentagram was a well-known medical emblem; nowadays it is almost completely forgotten. More info
De Utrechtse Universiteit en de geneeskunde, 1636-1900.
A history of the Medical Faculty of Utrecht University 1636-1900, mainly consisting of a series of biographies of the subsequent professors of medicine. Text in Dutch, with summary in English. More info
Die Litteratur über die venerischen Krankheiten, von den ersten Schriften über Syphilis aus dem Ende des fünfz...
Best bibliography on the subject, listing, c. 27.500 (main work) + c. 12.500 (supplement) titles. More info
Letter to Antony van Leeuwenhoek about the animals which are sometimes found in the liver of sheep and other b...
Introduction, translation and facsimile. More info