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Eamon, William.
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Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.
Physicians -- Italy -- Biography.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Medicine -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
Alchemy -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
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The professor of secrets : mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy / William Eamon.
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Eamon, William.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010.
Subjects
Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.
Physicians -- Italy -- Biography.
Renaissance -- Italy.
Medicine -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
Alchemy -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.
ISBN:
9781426206504
142620650X
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368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: Experience and memory -- Mia dolce patria -- The empire of disease -- Medical Bologna -- Leonardo and the anatomists -- The education of a surgeon -- The road of experience -- The carnival doctor -- The new Asclepius -- The marvelous virtues of Precipitato -- Charlatan or wonder worker? -- An ingenious surgery -- The marvels of Naples -- An academy of magi -- The university of war -- The cardinal's house -- A surgeon in Rome -- A road not taken -- Venetian curiosities -- The lure of the charlatan -- A writer for the age -- Venice's scientific underworld -- Mathematical magic -- The search for the philosopher's stone -- A star is born -- The medical entrepreneur -- Ambition and glory -- A conspiracy of doctors -- Leonardo the chameleon -- Life and art -- In the court of the Catholic king -- Masters of fire -- The charlatan's trial -- "Il mio sacco è vuoto" -- The judgment of history -- Epilogue: Traces.
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