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erroneously in the previous list, the present note is meant to correct that error and 

 also to serve as vi^arning. In the previous list ( Isis 2, 142 ) it was cautiously remarked 

 "I have not seen that journal which I know only by title, and I am not by any means 

 certain that it is a historical journal in our sense of the word. In the past history 

 and bibhography were often confused. From that point of view every scientific 

 journal is also a historical journal; their editors are the annalists of contemporary 

 science." 



Dr. Claudius F. Mayer has kindly examined the set and reports as follows 

 (letter of 11 Jan. 1949) : "The Giornale is not an organ for the publication of medico- 

 historical articles, but an ordinary medical monthly. I examined every volume care- 

 fully as to its contents. The journal claims to be the first Italian medical monthly 

 (NB. It was, however, the second) and it was edited by Francesco Aglietti, the 

 secretary of the Societa medica di Venezia. It contains abstracts or digests of cur- 

 rent medical book and journal literature, such as the transactions of the scientific or 

 medical societies of Paris, Uppsala, London, etc., with many lengthy book-reviews 

 and occasional original letters written to the editor, discussing a few medical case- 

 histories. The journal is a treasure house of little known Italian pamphlets of the late 

 18th century. Its main arrangement includes sections for such subjects as anatomy, 

 theoretical and practical medicine, medical chemistry, surgery, and miscellaneous. 

 I do not want to say much about its publishing history since it should not be in- 

 cluded in your fist. Vol. 1 was published in 1783 in Venezia, in the house of 

 Pasquali; the same pubhshers brought out the other volumes, with some difficulties 

 on account of 'international' troubles. The latest volume bears the year 1800; it is 

 the 13th volume. The Army Med. Libr. has vols. 1-12. (The 13*^ vol. was 

 recently microfilmed)." 



1923(?) : Los grandes viajes clasicos. Published by Espasa-Calpe in Madrid. 



Only a fragment of this monographic series came to my attention. In 1923 the 

 reports of Cieza de Leon were reprinted in a volume. (C. F. M.) 



ca 1940- : I Grandi Italiani, collana di biografie. Edited by Luigi Feder- 

 zoNi, president of the R. Accademia dTtaha. Pubfished by Unione Tipografica- 

 Editrice Torinese, Torino. 

 Irregularly issued, numbered series of biographies; octavo. It includes all 



branches of science. No. 14 (1914): Giordano, D., Giambattista Morgagni, 



268 p. No. 15 (1941): Pession, G., Guglielmo Marconi, 204 p. No. (?) 



(1941): Capparoni, P., Spallanzani, 282 p. (C. F. M.) 



1906-1908: Grenzfragen der Literatvir und Medizin in Einzeldarstellungen. Edited 



by S. Rahmer; pubhshed by E. Reinhardt in Miinchen. 



Numbered octavo monographs discussing the role of medicine in the writings of 

 fight fiterature. Eight numbers complete the set. (C. F. M. ) 



1910-1932: Crosse Manner; Studien zur Biologic des Genies. Founded by Wilhelm 

 OsTWALD; published by the Akademische Verlagsbuchhandlung in Leipzig. 

 Numbered series of mostly biographical material. No. 1 & 2: de Candolle, A. 

 Zur Geschichte der Wissenschaften (1910; Isis 1: 132). Other volumes include the 

 fife of Jacobus Henr. van't Hoff (no. 3), Victor Meyer (no. 4), E. Abbe (no. 5), 

 E. Rathenau (no. 6), W. Hofmeister (no 7), Johannes Muller (no. 8, 1924). 

 The series ended with no. 12 (1932), Robert Koch, part 1, by B. Heymann. 

 (C. F. M.) 



1919-1928: Guide "Ics"; profiU bibliografici de "LTtalia che scrive." Edited by 



FopMiGGiNi; published by the Istituto per la propagazione della cultura italiana 



(Fondazione Leonardo) in Rome. 



Numbered series of small, 16° or 24°, volumes related to bibliography and 

 history of various sciences. There is a series 1, containing 45 nos., pubhshed from 

 1919 to 1928. No. 1 ( 1919) : Almagia, R., Geografia; No. 3 ( 1920) : Beguinot, A., 

 La botanica; No. 4 (1920): Bilancioni, G., La storia della medicina. 



In 1935 a new series was started by the institute, both the series and the institute 



