Cassii iatrosophistae naturales et medicinales quaestiones LXXXIIII, circa hominis naturam & morbos aliquot

CASSII IATRO=
SOPHISTAE PHYSICAE ET MEDI
cinales quaestiones de affectionibus humani
corporis, Conrado Gesnero Tiguri-
no interprete.

QVAESTIO PRIMA.

A decorative drop cap letter V features floral and foliate motifs.Why are round ulcers more difficult to heal than others? Those who follow the geometric demonstrations of Herophilus a prominent Greek physician provide the cause. They say that while the circular figures of ulcers appear small in their circumference, they are not actually so, but contain greater space than they appear to. And because what is larger requires more time to induce a scar, these types of ulcers are deservedly seen as difficult to heal, even if they appear modest. For in reality, they are not so, but are larger. However, Asclepiades a Greek physician and proponent of atomism has refuted this opinion to some extent.