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Description	English: Inside the letter is a picture of a master in cathedra expounding on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates. Initial "V" rendered as "U" of "Vita brevis, ars vero longa", or "Life is short, but the art is long". "Isagoge", fol. 15b.
Date	25 July 2013, 15:25:49
Source	Courtesy of the National Library of Medicine. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM), http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A109089. Also showcased in the book: Hidden Treasure (New York, NY: Blast Books, 2012), p. 22.
Author	Galen. Ars medica. HMD Collection, MS E 78.

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