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Inside the letter is a picture of a master in cathedra expounding on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. Initial "V" rendered as "U" of "Vita brevis, ars vero longa", or "Life is short, but the art is long". "Isagoge", fol. 15b. |
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| Source | Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A109089. Also showcased in the book: Hidden Treasure (New York, NY: Blast Books, 2012), p. 22. |
| Author | Galen. Ars medica. HMD Collection, MS E 78. |
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