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"First edition of this classic work on uroscopy. Actuarius' monograph upon the increasingly popular subject of uroscopy was later accepted as authoritative and classic. In this Johannes in no way emphasises uroscopy as the universal diagnostic method, but lays stress upon the importance of other methods of examination"(Neuburger-Playfair).
"The most complete medieval treatise on urinoscopy. Actuarius was first to use a graduated glass for its examination. Johannes Actuarius was the last of the great Byzantine physicians" (Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman)..
"Jewish physician to the Court of Constantinople who recommended mild purgatives such as manna and senna and distilled water as a part of a general treatment" (A Dictionary of the History of Medicine, Anton Sebastian).
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