A translator of Arabic medical texts into Latin, Constantinus Africanus made a substantial contribution to the understanding of fields such as anatomy and surgery. This edition of his work is accompanied by an introduction, a linguistic analysis of the text, and a glossary.
Jean Liébault (1535–1596) contributed to the emergence of modern gynaecology by rescuing the Hippocratic medical tradition that recognized the specificity of the female body. Bernal presents the semi-diplomatic edition of the only known English version of Liébault’s work.
This book offers a transcription of Elizabeth Jacob’s hitherto unedited Early Modern English remedy-book, Physicall and chyrurgicall receipts. Accompanied by linguistic and codicological analysis, it is a primary source for historical linguistics and the history of medicine.