An edition of The professor of secrets
(2010)
The professor of secrets
mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy
by William Eamon
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Physicians, History, 16th Century, Renaissance, Alchemy, Medicine, History of Medicine, Biography, HistoryPlaces
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The professor of secrets: mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy
2010, National Geographic
in English
142620650X 9781426206504
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-359) and index.
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