An ornamental woodcut headpiece displays floral motifs and scrolling foliage surrounding a central vase.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS MAN,

MASTER

GUY PATIN,

OF BEAUVAIS,

Blue circular library stamp: BOSTON MEDICAL LIBRARY, SEP 13 1898

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE IN PARIS,

AND ROYAL PROFESSOR,

HIS GREAT FRIEND,

GREETINGS.

Most Illustrious Man,

This is a boast of Cicero: original: "Ciceronis ista gloriatio est" that the Latins discovered everything better than the Greeks; or made better what they received from them. original: "Latinos omnia invenisse melius, quam Græcos; aut ab illis accepta fecisse meliora." An august statement indeed, and worthy of a great man who possesses confidence in great matters! A statement that is true and by no means