Religio medici cum annotationibus.

Argentorati: Sumptibus Friderici Spoor, 1652.

"The most famous work of English literature written by a physician. Browne did not intend to have it published, but manuscripts of the work circulated privately. Two unauthorized and inaccurate editions were issued surreptitiously by the same publisher in the same year" (Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition, Edited by Jeremy M. Norman)..

"Throughout his active life Browne lived on the fringe of the scientific world. His profession was medicine; his hobbies were science and natural history. He was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians, but was never a fellow of the Royal Society of London, nor did he betray any desire for this kind of recognition. He corresponded with eminent antiquaries, such as Sir William Dugdale, Elias Ashmole, and John Aubrey. Browne is remembered as a learned man and a literary artist rather than for any important contributions to contemporary science. His qualities served to foster a general interest in science and, above all, to illuminate thought by truth concerning the material world. Browne's Religio Medici describes the religion and philosophy of a tolerant, humorous, and latitudinarian mind" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography).

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