Leonardo Fioravanti (doctor)

Leonardo Fioravanti (* 1518, † 1588 in Bologna ) was an Italian doctor in the Renaissance.

Life

Fioravanti began his practice in Spain and in Spanish- dominated Sicily and Naples. Fioravanti then lived in Rome and Venice, and died in Bologna. To Fioravanti numerous writings include works on combating the plague ( 1565), about the relationship between medicine and Alchemy ( 1571) and surgery ( 1582). Fioravanti said to have first the spleen surgically removed and an antidote for arsenic poisoning needed.

Among other things, he advocated the theory that syphilis was the result of the mercenaries of Charles VIII at the siege of Naples in 1494 supposedly practiced cannibalism and led as evidence of him running experiments with piglets and puppies, the " cannibal " after a diet would get ulcers and hair loss, both well-known symptoms of syphilis.

Works

  • Capprici medicinali (Venice 1561)
  • Secreti medicinali (Venice 1561)
  • Dello Specchio Di Scientia Universal (Venice 1564)
  • Del Della Peste regimento (Venice 1565)
  • Del Compendio de i Secreti rationalized (Venice 1566)
  • La Cirurgia (Venice 1582)
  • Della Fisica (Venice 1582)
  • Il Tesoro Della Vita Humana (Venice 1582)
Leonardo Fioravanti (engineer) Charles VIII of France Integrated Authority File
506768
de