De podagra et podagricorum curatione doctrina (1582) - Page 2

ON GOUT

AND THE DOCTRINE OF CURING

THE GOUTY, COMPREHENDED IN 149 THESES

and debated at the illustrious Academy of the Baselers for the attainment of Doctoral insignia in the Medical art

WILHELM ADOLF SCRIBONIUS

of Marburg.

On the 22nd day of October, in the year of Christ 1582.

A woodcut depicts three figures, possibly apes or bears, sitting in a cluster; the central figure holds an hourglass, suggesting the themes of time and mortality often associated with medical texts of the period.

Basel, at the press of Leonhard Osten.