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Hace 2 días · The philosopher-poet Girolamo Fracastoro (1478-1553) is perhaps most renowned for his scientific poem On the French Disease [De morbo gallico] (1530), in which he provided a detailed exposition of the origin, etiology, and therapy of syphilis. Over a decade later (1546), Fracastoro revisited the topic, and revised this poem, within the three books of his work On Contagions [De contagionibus ...
Hace 4 días · In 1546 the Veronese doctor Girolamo Fracastoro in his De morbis contagiosis developed another theory from Antiquity, that of contagion, to explain plague. The notion of contagion was already well known, sometimes referring to something transmitted by touch, but more loosely to diseases of propinquity.
Hace 4 días · A physician, philosopher, and poet, a true example of a Renaissance man, Girolamo Fracastoro (1478–1553)—Hieronymus Fracastorius in Latin—besides his contribution to the study of infectious diseases (De Contagione, 1527), described the symptoms of the disease and suggested the therapeutic use of gum guaiacum—hence gumma ...
Hace 3 días · In 1546 Girolamo Fracastoro (1478–1553) wrote a classic description of measles. He thought the disease was caused by "seeds" ( seminaria) that were spread from person to person.
Hace 3 días · Answer: Girolamo Fracastoro. Girolamo Fracastoro was born in the late 15th century in the Italian city of Verona. He was well known for his knowledge of medicine, and after studying at the University of Padua he was appointed to a professorship.
Hace 4 días · Geologic time scale. The geologic time scale, proportionally represented as a log-spiral with some major events in Earth's history. A megaannus (Ma) represents one million (10 6) years. The geologic time scale or geological time scale ( GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating ...
Hace 2 días · In 1546, Girolamo Fracastoro proposed that epidemic diseases were caused by transferable seedlike entities that could transmit infection by direct or indirect contact, or even without contact over long distances.
