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Bob Tallaksen

is a retired physician and Latin teacher and participates in various transcription projects at the Folger. Though Bob would never dream of thinking himself in anything like the same league as Samuel Johnson, he believes that he may consider himself, like the great man, something of a lexicographer: "A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge."
Lingua Latina Medica Accessabilis Facta, or, Medical Latin Made Accessible
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Lingua Latina Medica Accessabilis Facta, or, Medical Latin Made Accessible

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Lingua Latina Medica Accessabilis Facta, vel Febrem Habeo et Præscriptio Sola Campanæ Bovinæ Plus Est or Medical Latin Made Accessible, or I Have a Fever and the Only Prescription is More (of) Cow Bell. A look into John Ward’s Latin list, a glossary of the medical Latin terms used by the 17th century vicar in his diaries.