Historical Bibliography Updated: January 30, 2020
Commentaria in artem medicinalem Galeni.
Publication Details
Venice: Jocobus Antonius Somaschus, 1612 CE.
First printed mention of the air thermometer, an instrument that played a vital part in the creation of static medicine. This device was similar to Galileo’s open-air thermoscope, of which Santorio may have known, but he was the first to transform the thermoscope into a thermometer by adding a scale with fixed reference points
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| Entry Number | #572.2 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/348 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | commentaria-in-artem-medicinalem-galeni |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Venice