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THE PRESENT EDITION OFFERS THE DIPLOMATIC TRANSCRIPTION OF MS WELLCOME 542, HOUSING A LATE MIDDLE ENGLISH HITHERTO UNEDITED REMEDY-BOOK BASED ON THE MEDICAL LORE OF HIPPOCRATES, SOCRATES AND GALEN. A GLOSSARY, NOTES AND INTRODUCTION ALSO ACCOMPANY THE EDITION. THE INTRODUCTION HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AS A STATE OF THE ART OF THIS SCIENTIFIC TREATISE, AND DEALS WITH THE TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION OF THE TEXT, A CODICOLOGICAL/PALAEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION TOGETHER WITH THE SCRIBE'S DIALECT AND IDIOLECT. THE EDITION THEREFORE CONFORMS ITSELF AS A PRIMARY SOURCE FOR RESEARCH NOT ONLY IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS BUT ALSO IN OTHER RELATED FIELDS SUCH AS THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE OR ECDOTICS.