[FRANCISCO DANIEL NOGUEIRA]: HYPPOCRATES LUZITANO OU AFORISMOS DE HYPPOCRATES. LISBOA Officina de Pedro Ferreira, 1762 First edition of Hyppocratis in Portuguese, in small 8vo, contemporary full leather with very few wear, spine gilt, text clean and bright, complete [10],248p. [8],ex libris of Henrique Botelho in front past down, a fine provenance, overall in very good condition. A monumental publication for the very first time of the most famous and ancient text of medicine in Portuguese. Botelho (1845-1912), the ex owner, was a prominent Portuguese intellectual and medical pioneer,his name is still highly respected in Portuguese medical history. The edition is clearly titled Hippocrates Luzitano (Portuguese Hippocrates), a direct message of the transfer of the Greek scientific heritage in the mother tongue. Text only in Portuguese. The publication of Hippocratis in Portuguese gave direct access of the classical Greek medical values to an important corpus of intellectuals and represents the very beginning of vernacularization of medical science in Portugal. It reinforced the Hippocratic school focus on objective documentation and prognosis over mere superstition. The book is not just a medical manual, it is a historical artifact that traces the specific evolution of how Portugal adopted and translated the Greek scientific heritage of antiquity. As noted, it was published for doctors who are ignorant of the Latin language allowing them to read these essential medical texts in their own native idiom. One of the very first publications of ancient Greek texts in Portuguese, a very influential publication. Extremely rare