On Recognizing and Curing Diseases from the Position of the Celestial Bodies

Name: De cognoscendis et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione libri IIII
Author: Virdung von Hasfurt, Johann

De cognoscendis et medendis morbis ex corporum coelestium positione libri IIII

Virdung von Hasfurt, Johann

Latin

1584

557 pages

28 images

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What if your physician consulted the stars before your pulse? In this definitive Renaissance manual, Johann Virdung von Hasfurt reveals the hidden clockwork of the cosmos that governs human health, offering a profound system of 'iatromathematics' where every organ and ailment answers to a celestial master.