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Letter #3455

[Ioannes DANTISCUS] to UNKNOWN [a physician in Gdańsk (Danzig)]
Heilsberg (Lidzbark), [1548-10-16 — 1548-10-24]

English register:

Dantiscus thanks the addressee for the more detailed advice and recommendations regarding the treatment, conveyed in response to the description of the ailments sent by the previous messenger. Since he has partially followed the instructions, he has deemed it appropriate to inform the addressee once again about the effects and to seek his opinion on matters essential to his health.

He encloses detailed information on a separate sheet. He asks the addressee to read it and convey appropriate recommendations via the current messenger.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, in secretary's hand, AAWO, AB, D. 70, f. 387r

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8250 (TK 12), f. 583

 

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Eximie Domine Doctor, amice carissime .

Salutem et omnem felicitatem.

Quod Dominatio Vestra ad descriptum morbi et defectus nostri statum nobis exactius consilium suum per superiorem nuntium nostrum cum adiunctis necessariis medelis communicaverit, magnas illi agimus gratias. . Et cum iam partim id simus secuti descripta etiam medicina usi , necessarium nobis visum est atque hoc valetudinem nostram expetere, quo denuo Dominationem Vestram super operatione praedictae medicinae in morbum et corpus nostrum, quomodo etiam nos post usum illius sentiamus, una cum quibusdam aliis informare ac eidem necessarias et valetudini nostrae conducibiles quaestiones proponere.

Ea omnia in insertam scedam conscribi curavimus et rogamus plurimum Dominationem Vestram, velit diligenter illa relegere et perpendere ac utile consilium suum super illis apud praesentem nuntium nostrum nobis impartire. Factura nobis rem gratissimam Dominatio Vestra.

Quam bene valere cupimus.

Datae ex arce nostra Heilsberg.