1467 MAURUS, Rabanus [Hrabanus; Rhabanus] (780 – 856)

De sermonum proprietate sive Opus de universo.

Also known as De rerum naturis. This dictionary or encyclopedia is the earliest known printed book to include a section dealing with medicine, and this brief section, Book 18, Chap. V concerning medicine and diseases,…

GMN 2190 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1380

1472 ISIDORE OF SEVILLE, (Isidorus Hispalensis) (570 – 636)

Etymologiae.

The principal work of Isidore of Seville, one of the greatest educationists of the Middle Ages. The Etymologiae, an encyclopedic work, presented the sum of contemporary knowledge on all branches of science. Book IV af…

GMN 6787 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8424

1473 SIMON GENUENSIS, (Simon a Cordo; Simon Januensis; Simon of Genoa) (1250 – )

Synonyma medicinae, seu clavis sanationis.

The first printed medical dictionary. It was originally published at Ferrara, 1471-2?, of which the only recorded copy is a fragment of 21 leaves in the Bodleian Library. ISTC No. is00526000. “The great work of Simon …

GMN 6788 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8426

1475 DONDI, Jacopo de' [Jacopo Dondi dell'Orologio] (1290 – 1359)

Aggregator, sive de medicinis simplicibus.

First printed edition of an encyclopedic dictionary of medicine, containing a large number of medical recipes based upon Greek and Arabic sources. Dondi completed the work in 1355. Manuscripts of his text are preserve…

GMN 6789 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8428

1519 FRIES, Lorenz (Phyres; Laurentius Phrisius) (1490 – 1532)

Synonima und gerecht vrlegug der Auslegung der Wörter, so man dan in der Artzny, allen Krütern, Wurtzlen, Blümen, Somen, Gesteinen, Safften vnn anderen Digen zu schreiben ist.

Digital facsimile from Universität Wien at this link.

GMN 6790 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8435

1541 GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)

Historia plantarum et vires ex Dioscoride, Paulo Aegineta, Theophrasto, Plinio, & recentioribus Graecis, iuxta elementorum ordinem, per Conradum Gesnerum Tigurinum. Vna cum rerum & verborum locupletissimo indice.

A pocket dictionary of plants. Gesner, the “German Pliny”, produced the most encyclopedic bibliographies of his time. He attempted a Historia plantarum, which was unfinished at his death. See No. 1809.1. Digital facsi…

GMN 1807 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1964

1564 ESTIENNE, Henri [Stephanus] (1531 – 1598)

Dictionarium medicum.

This valuable Greek-Latin dictionary for the ancient medical writers defined and fixed a large number of anatomical terms, and exercised considerable influence on modern anatomical terminology. It was an important aid…

GMN 6791 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8436

1564 GORRIS, Jean de [GORRAEUS] (1505 – 1577)

Definitionum medicarum libri xxiii.

This dictionary arranges all Greek medical terms in order of the Greek alphabet, and carefully explains them in Latin. It was widely used, and exerted much influence on modern medical terminology.

GMN 6792 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8438

1588 FOËS, Anuce [FOESIUS] (1528 – 1595)

Oeconomia Hippocratis, aphabeti serie distincta. In qua dictionum apud Hippocratem omnium, praesertim obscuriorum, usus explicatur, etc.

A Greek alphabetical dictionary of the vocabulary of the Hippocratic writings, based on an exhaustive investigation of all ancient medical texts.

GMN 6793 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8440

1598 CASTELLI, Bartolomeo ( – 1607)

Lexicon medicum Graeco-Latinum…ex Hippocrate et Galeno desumptum.

The earlier lexicon of Gorraeus formed the basis of this work, which was reprinted in several editions, the last in 1792.

GMN 6794 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8444

1632 NAUDÉ, Gabriel (1600 – 1653)

Quaestio iatrophilologica.

Learned bibliophile Gabriel Naudé eventually became Mazarin’s librarian and built up for his master a famous collection of books. He wrote an important medical dictionary. Four further parts of the above, with varying…

GMN 6795 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8446

1639 BAILLOU, Guillaume de [BALLONIUS] (1538 – 1616)

Definitionum medicinarum liber.

A glossary of Hippocratic terms.

GMN 6796 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8448

1684 BLANKAART, Steven [BLANCARD] (1650 – 1702)

A physical dictionary; in which all the terms relating either to anatomy, chirurgery, pharmacy, or chemistry, are very accurately explain’d.

The English translation of Blankaart’s dictionary was the first medical dictionary to be printed in the British Isles. The original Greek-Latin text was published in Amsterdam, 1679.

GMN 6797 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8454

1691 CALLARD DE LA DUCQUERIE, Jean Baptiste (1630 – 1718)

Lexicon medicum etymologicum.

GMN 6798 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8455

1743 –1745 JAMES, Robert (1705 – 1776); JOHNSON, Samuel (1709 – 1784)

A medicinal dictionary: Including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs; An account of their various preparations, combinations, and uses; and an introductory preface tracing the progress of physic, and explaining theories which have principally prevail'd in all ages of the world. With copper plates. 3 vols.

The largest, most exhaustive and most learned medical dictionary written in English prior to the early 19th century. Samuel Johnson wrote the dedication and some of the articles. This was Johnson’s first venture into …

GMN 6799 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8456

1753 TARIN, Pierre (1725 – 1761)

Dictionaire anatomique suivi d'une bibliothèque anatomique et physiologique.

An anatomical dictionary with most of the entries cross referenced to related structures, followed by a very extensive bibliography of anatomical and physiological works. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 7800 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9972

1812 –1822 SOCIÉTÉ DE MÉDECINS ET DE CHIRURGIENS

Dictionnaire des sciences médicales par un Société de médecins et de chirurgiens. 60 vols.

GMN 2208 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/1659

1828 –1839 DEZEIMERIS, Jean-Eugène (1799 – 1852); OLLIVIER D'ANGERS, Charles-Prosper (1796 – 1845); RAIGE-DELORME, Jacques (1795 – 1887)

Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, ou précis de l'histoire générale, technologique et littéraire de la médecine, suivie de la bibliographie médicale du dix-neuvième siècle, et d'un répertoire bibliographique par ordre de matières. 4 vols.

Biographical essays with annotated bibliographies of the authors cited. The title pages of vols. 2-4 indicate that they were written by Dezeimeris alone. Digital facsimile from The Medical Heritage Library, Internet A…

GMN 6709.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/7813

1832 –1858 COPLAND, James (1791 – 1870)

A dictionary of practical medicine. 3 vols.

GMN 6800 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8457

1865 –1889 DECHAMBRE, Amedée (1812 – 1886)

Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales. Directeur: A. Dechambre. 100 vols.

A massive encyclopedia based on historical principles, written by the leading authorities, and with detailed bibliographical references. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 8071 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10247

1881 –1899 POWER, Henry (1829 – 1911); SEDGWICK, Leonard W.

New Sydenham Society’s lexicon of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences. 5 vols.

GMN 6803 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8459

1895 –1928 RICHET, Charles Robert (1850 – 1935); LAPICQUE, Louis (1866 – 1952); LANGLOIS, Paul (1862 – 1923)

Dictionnaire de physiologie. Vols. 1 - 10, pt. 1. (All published).

By Richet, Langlois, Lapique and numerous co-authors. Covers "A" - Moelle épinière only. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 646 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/525

1931 FISCHER, Isidor (1868 – 1943)

Die Eigennamen in der Krankheitsterminologie.

This dictionary of medical eponyms gives references to the original publications involved and records wherever possible the first use of the eponym.

GMN 6804 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8460

1949 SKINNER, Henry Alan (1899 – )

The origin of medical terms.

Revised and enlarged edition, Baltimore, 1961. Digital facsimile of the 1949 edition from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 8763 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10941

1956 ANDRÉ, Jacques

Lexique des termes de botanique en latin.

GMN 8957 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11136

1959 SCHMIDT, Jacob Edward

Dictionary of medical slang and related esoteric expressions.

This book by the physician chairman of the National Association on Standard Medical Vocabulary includes many terms and phrases that were found in any other dictionary with the word medical in the title. Digital facsim…

GMN 8757 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10935

1963 LIEBER, Bernfried (1919 – 2003); OLBRICH, Gertrude

Wörtenbuch der klinischen Syndrome. 3te. Auflage.

5th ed., 1972.

GMN 6805 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8461

1968 LIEBER, Bernfried (1919 – 2003); OLBERT, Theodor

Die klinische Eponyme.

GMN 6806 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8462

1968 STRAUSS, Maurice Benjamin (1904 – )

Familiar medical quotations.

Over 7,000 quotations, arranged under broad subject headings; author and subject indexes.

GMN 6807 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8463

1969 JABLONSKI, Stanley (1916 – 2004)

Illustrated dictionary of eponymic syndromes and diseases and their synonyms.

Second edition as Jablonski’s Dictionary of syndromes and eponymic diseases, Malabar, Fl., Krieger, 1989.

GMN 6808 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8464

1971 MAGALINI, Sergio (1927 – )

Dictionary of medical syndromes.

Second edition with E. Scrasia, 1981.

GMN 6809 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8465

1985 ANDRÉ, Jacques

Les noms de plantes dans la Rome antique.

GMN 8958 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11137

1986 WALTON, Sir John Nicholas (1922 – 2016); BEESON, Paul Bruce (1908 – 2006); SCOTT, Sir Ronald Bodley (1906 – 1982)

The Oxford companion to medicine. 2 vols.

A dictionary, biographical dictionary, and encyclopedia covering selected aspects of the theory, practice and profession of medicine, including history, by the editors and 150 notable contributors. Produced in the sty…

GMN 6810 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8466

1991 ANDRÉ, Jacques

Le vocabulaire latin de l'anatomie.

GMN 8959 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11138

1996 SPIEGL, Fritz (1926 – 2003)

Fritz Spiegl's sick notes: An alphabetical browsing book of medical derivations, abbreviations mnemonics and slang for amusement and edification of medics, nurses, patients and hypochondriacs.

Both serious and humorous; illustrated with cartoons.

GMN 8766 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10944

2004 RIECKE, Jörg (1960 – 2019)

Die Frühgeschichte der mittelalterlichen medizinischen Fachsprache im Deutschen: Bd 1: Untersuchungen. Bd 2: Wörterbuch.

GMN 14080 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16391

2007 GONZÁLEZ, Alejandro García

Alphita: Edición crítica y comentario de Alejandro García González. Edizione Nazionale La Scuola Medica Salernitana, 02.

Alphita, farina ordei idem, an anonymous collection of glosses, documents the linguistic renewal of the medical and botanical technical lexicon, derived from Greco-Latin as well as Arabic sources, at the School of Sal…

GMN 8557 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10734

2011 BOS, Gerrit; BEN ISAAC OF TORTOSA, Shem-Tov (1196 – ); HUSSEIN, Martina; MENSCHING, Guido; SAVELSBERG, Frank

Medical synonym lists from medieval Provence: Shem Tov ben Isaac of Tortosa: Sefer ha - Shimmush. Book 29. Part 1: Edition and commentary of List 1 (Hebrew-Arabic- Romance /Latin).

The first critical edition of Book 29 of Shem Tov ben Isaac's Sefer ha-Shimmush, and a lexicological analysis of the medico-botanical terms in the first of the two synonym lists of this book. The Sefer ha-Shimmush was…

GMN 8535 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10712

2011 GIGNOUX, Philippe (1931 – )

Lexique des terms de la pharmacopée syriaque. (Studia Iranica, Cahier 47; Chrétiens en terre d'Iran, 5)

A dictionary of Syriac names for plants used to make botanic drugs.

GMN 12730 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14976

2015 SWANSON, Larry William (1945 – )

Neuroanatomical terminology: A lexicon of classical origins and historical foundations.

The first global, historically documented, hierarchically organized parts list of the human nervous system. "This defined vocabulary accurately and systematically describes every human nervous system structural featur…

GMN 6824 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/8988