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Dr Arthur E. Baue’s commentary¹ struck a note that resonates here. Perhaps he will be pleased to know that his interest in accurate bibliographic references echoes distant surgical fathers. In fact, Henri de Mondeville cited Aristotle and Galen with what were proper references in his day.

And that is why I will offer Henri’s own words.² Be amazed, as I was when first I read what Henri wrote in the years 1310-1320! His treatise is a wonderful presentation of medieval European surgery.

Notable XI. The Advanatages of Precise Bibliographic Citations. Several of the well-known physicians and surgeons to whom I have given my book for proof-reading and to edit especially for its prolixity have criticized me for my insistence on stating precisely the sources of my citations of other authors, by giving ‘chapter and verse’. The answer gives my two reasons. 1. To make it easier for scholars to track . . . [Full Text of this Article]