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to that Library (Nouv. Acq. fraiif. 6593). There are also copies dating from 

 the fifteenth century, in the Royal Library at Brussels (MS. 5874), in Dijon 

 891, Metz 1170, and Paris, Arsenal 2888. 



In conclusion it may be pointed out that, in addition to the work we have 

 been dealing with above, there are extant two other French translations of 

 the treatise of Platearius ; — 



( 1) A translation made in the thirteenth century, which has been published 

 by Dr. Paul Dorveaux (" Le Livre des Simples Medecines," Paris, 1913. 

 Societe francaise d'histoire de la medecine ; cf . a valuable note by the late 

 M. Paul Meyer in "Romania," tume 44, Juillet-Octobre, 1915, pp. 175-180, 

 187-190). 



(2) An incomplete one made in England in the fourteenth century, 

 which was brought to light by M. Paul Meyer (" Romania," tome 37, 1908, 

 pp. 520-521). It has not been printed.^ 



' A manuscript of the oiiginal Latin work of Platearius was at one time preserved in 

 the Library of Trinity College, Dublin. It is now missing (cf. Bernard, "Catalogi mss. 

 Angliae et Hiberniae," ii, pars 2, 1697, p. 44. " 763. Tractatus de simplicibus medicinis, 

 init., Circa instans. 8vo, membr. H. 57 "). 



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