Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Andrew Boorde (1490?–1549) and The breuiary of helthe 1547 29
6. 3. Medical glossaries 48
7. 4. The physical dictionaries of 1655–1678 68
8. 5. Latin medical dictionaries: Thomas Burnet and John Cruso 78
9. 6. Steven Blancard (1650–1704) 82
10. 7. John Quincy (1683?–1723) and the Lexicon physico-medicum 94
11. 8. Aids to memory: Surgical dictionaries 127
12. 9. Robert James (1703–1776) and A medicinal dictionary (1742–1745) 140
13. 10. “Careful” John Barrow (fl. 1735–1773?) 171
14. 11. George Motherby (1731–1793) 178
15. 12. Epilogue 190
16. Bibliography 193
17. Index 221