A Look Inside

This cover portrays an old man seated at his work, but compared to other known images of Jonstonus, it would seem that the man on the left is the author.  This edition also has some annotations, two cases of P. Penon written in different places on the page.

The first page of the first book, concerning Hygeine.

The first page of the second book, concerning how to understand the passions of the human body, beyond its nature, and their signs.  This most likely follows the popular discussion of humors in the body.

First page of the third book, which is of drugs. 

The first page of the fourth book, which concerns the method of healing.  It’s interesting that this section comes after the discussion of particular drugs.

First page of the fifth book, being of diseases.

The first page of the sixth book, being concerned with foreign diseases, a continuance of the discussion from the last chapter.

The first page of the seventh book, being of fever.

First page of eighth book, concerning diseases of the head.

First page of ninth book, of the diseases of the “medium,” which could be understood to contain the parts of the body between the head and stomach; so neck, chest, back, and possibly arms.

The first page of the tenth book, which concerns diseases of the abdomen.  This can be assumed to cover the rest of the lower body, since there is no sequential chapter on any more areas of the body.

 First page of the eleventh book, containing information on sterilized diseases.  

The first page of the twelfth book, on diseases of children.  This is particularly interesting, as it raises the question of what illnesses would be attributed only to children.