Hippokratous Aphorismoi = Aphorismi Hippocratis / hos edi accuravit, interpretationem novam adjecit, loca parallela plurima ex ipso Hippocrate collegit, et indicem locupletissimum subjunxit Lucas Verhoofd, Med. Doct.

Hippocrates is considered the father of medicine, enemy of superstition, pioneer of rationality and fount of eternal wisdom. Statues and drawings show him with a furrowed brow, thinking hard about how to heal his patients. A long series of propositions concerning the symptoms and diagnosis of disease and the art of healing and medicine. The first aphorism, which serves as a kind of introduction to the book, runs as follows: "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult. Neither is it sufficient that the physician be ready to act what is necessary to be done by him, but the sick, and the attendants and all outward necessaries must be lightly prepared and fitted for the business." Vellum binding, 1940 signature in pencil on ffep. Dedicatio dated Ipsis Calend. Dec. M D C LXXV [1675]. Added engraved title page. Errata. Catalogus librorum last 3 pages: Catalogus librorum Officinae Danielis à Gaesbeeck. Preface in Latin, text in Greek and Latin on facing pages. [20], 279, [79] pages. 2" - 3¾".