ZERBI, Gabriele (1445 – 1505)
1445 – 1505
5 entries in the GMN corpus.
1489 CE
#1589.1
Gerontocomia.
The first printed book on geriatrics – a guide to proper hygiene, physical and mental, and particularly to the diet of the aged. Translated into English by L.R. Lind as Gerontocomia: on the care of the aged and …
1495 CE
#1758.1
De cautelis medicorum.
The first practical treatise on medical ethics. "Following opening remarks on the ideal conduct of the physician, and his duties towards his patients, their relatives, and his own colleagues while avoiding the pervers…
1502 CE
#363.4
Liber anathomie corporis humani & singulorum membrorum illius.
“The first systematic and sufficiently detailed examination of the human body since Mundinus, far outstripping the latter in scientific accuracy” (Lind, Pre-Vesalian anatomy, 10, also 141-56). See also Nos…
1537 CE
#371
Anatomiae, hoc est, corporis humani dissectionis pars prior.
Dryander was among the first to make illustrations after his own dissections. His unfinished guide to dissection entitled Anatomiae, expanded from the Anatomia published the previous year, is one of the most important…
1975 CE
#461.3
Studies in pre-Vesalian anatomy. Biography, translation, documents by L. R. Lind.
Includes English translations of texts by Alessandro Achillini, Alessandro Benedetti, Berengario da Carpi, Gabriele Zerbi, Niccolo Massa, Andrés de Laguna, J. Dryander and G. B. Canano.