CARDANO, Girolamo [Gerolamo; Hieronymus Cardanus] (1501 – 1576)
1501 – 1576
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1536 CE
#5370
De malo recentiorum medicorum medendi usu libellus.
Includes (cap. XXXVI) an early account of typhus, morbus pulicaris. English translation in Major, Classic descriptions of disease, 3rd ed., Springfield: Charles C Thomas, 1945, p. 163.
1634 CE
#12611
Opuscula medica senilia in quatuor libros tributa, quorum I. De dentibus. II. De rationali curandi ratione. III. De facultatibus medicamentorum, praecipud purgantium. IV. De morbo regio. Omnia nunc primum ex MS. Bibliotheca Romana in lucem data: ad singulare philiatrorum, omniumque sane philosophantium emolumentum, adiectis indicibus necessariis.
1658 CE
#152
Metoposcopia libris tredecim et octingentis faciei humanae eiconibus complexa.
Contains 800 illustrations of the human face. Cardan, Professor of Medicine at Padua as well as a celebrated mathematician and scientist, claimed to be able to draw horoscopes from the appearance of the face. A French…
1663 CE
#9576
Opera omnia: Tam hactenus excusa, hîc tamen aucta & emendata, quàm nunquam aliàs visa ac primùm ex auctoris ipsius autographis eruta curâ Caroli Sponii .... 10 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Università degli Studi di Milano at this link.