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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, Open Library, Google Books, and Internet Archive) yielded no evidence of any English translation of Johann Conrad Ratz's 1590 work 'Christo praeside et auspice: Theses hasce de Dolore Colico'. The work appears to be a 16th-century academic thesis in Latin, and no record of it being translated into English was found.
Verified Apr 1, 2026 via local catalogs, open library, google books, internet archive, openalex · methodology
Johann Conrad Ratz treats the agonizing affliction of colic as a battle between medical theory and the reality of the dying patient. Discover how a 16th-century physician reconciled rigid Galenic dogma with the urgent need to preserve life at any cost.