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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Eamon, William.     Subjects     Fioravanti, Leonardo, 1518-1588.     Physicians -- Italy -- Biography.     Renaissance -- Italy.     Medicine -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.     Alchemy -- Italy -- History -- 16th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eamon, William.       by title:      The professor of sec...         MARC Display

The professor of secrets : mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy / William Eamon. by 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 Description:  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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 610.92 Fioravanti Ea Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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