Cologne
17 entries published in this place. (Cologne, DE)
1471
#91
De proprietatibus rerum.
A condensed encyclopedia of what was then understood by natural science. The work was probably written about the middle of the 13th century. It was one of the most widely read scientific works of the Middle Ages. Caxt…
c. 1475
#13544
Secreta mulierum et virorum (cum commento).
This work on the physiology and procreative "secrets" of women was attributed to Albertus Magnus, but is now thought to have been written by one of his disciples. It was one of the most widely printed medical works in…
1534
#11870
Botanologicon. Heus medice vis uariat aliter quam doctuses hactenus herbas scrire, nouus multas iste libellus habet. Ut retinax primum sibi testa referuet odorem, sex nisi quadrantes & brevis hora perit. Quae si quam nostris lusorum perdere chartis malis, tunc aliquid doctius aede tuum.
"generally considered to be the first attempt at a scientific systemization of plants" (D.S.B., 3, 412-13.) Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1544
#277
Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia.
The first book on birds with clear descriptions of the appearance of individual birds based on the author’s own experiences and observations. Turner attempted to determine those birds named by Aristotle and Pliny; he …
1551 –1568
#1811
A new herball. 3 vols.
The first original scientific herbal written by an Englishman, and the first scientific herbal published in the English language. The illustrations were taken from the blocks cut for the 8vo edition of Fuchs (1546). T…
1593
#5566
De gangraena et sphacelo.
Fabricius, the “Father of German Surgery”, was the first to advocate the amputation above the gangrenous or injured part. He is accredited with the first amputation of the thigh. In his work he makes no reference to P…
1747
#12700
Essai sur la caractére du grand medecin ou eloge critique de Mr. Herman Boerhaave [By Michael Maty].
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1962
#3705.02
Pictorial history of dentistry.
Also issued as Bildgeschichte der Zahnheilkunde. Zeugnisse aus 5 Jahrtausenden. Parallel texts in German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish!
1963
#1588
Hormone: Die Geschichte der Hormonforschung.
1965
#1092.53
Das Vitaminbuch. Die Geschichte der Vitaminforschung.
1965
#13189
Die Geschichte der Hersteller und Verkäufer zahnärztlicher Bedarfsartikel bis um 1900: eine historische Sammlung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der ältesten deutschen Dentaldepots.
1972
#12526
Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam.(Handbuch der Orientalistik, 1. Abteilung, Ergänzungsband VI, 2).
Concerns zoology, botany, mineralogy, alchemy, astrology, magic, agriculture, the largest section being devoted to alchemy.
1974
#6451.9
Geschichte der Medizin. 2 vols.
French translation, 1978.
1983
#6485.63
Medizinische Instrumente aus Sepulkralfunden der römischen Kaiserzeit.
2006
#7423
Encyclopaedia anatomica: Museo la Specola Florence.
Spectacular collection of color photographs of wax models in the Museo la Specola, Florence. Text in English, French and German.
2013
#7651
Fritz Kahn.
Text and captions in English, French and German.
2017
#12978