The professor of secrets : mystery, medicine and alchemy in Renaissance Italy / William Eamon.
Pubblicazione:
Washington : National geographic society, c2010.
Descrizione fisica:
368 p. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue: Experience and memory 1. Mia dolce patria 2. The empire of disease 3. Medical Bologna 4. Leonardo and the anatomists 5. The education of a surgeon 6. The road of experience 7. The carnival doctor 8. The new Asclepius 9. The marvelous virtues of Precipitato 10. Charlatan or wonder worker? 11. An ingenious surgery 12. The marvels of Naples 13. An academy of Magi 14. The university of war 15. The cardinal's house 16. A surgeon in Rome 17. A road not taken 18. Venetian curiosities 19. The lure of the charlatan 20. A writer for the age 21. Venice's scientific underworld 22. Mathematical magic 23. The search for the philosopher's stone 24. A star is born 25. The medical entrepreneur 26. Ambition and glory 27. A conspiracy of doctors 28. The chameleon 29. Life and art 30. In the court of the Catholic king 31. Masters of fire 32. The charlatan's trial 33. Il mio sacco è vuoto 34. The judgment of history. Epilogue: Traces. Acknowledgments. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Image credits
