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		Fracastoro's scientific thought culminated and concluded with De contagione et contagiosis morbis et curatione (1546), which assures him a lasting place in the history of epidemiology.
		Fracastoro was a humanist poet, and some of his medical works, including Syphilis, are in poetry.
		Fracastoro dedicated Syphilis to Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Secretary of Briefs to Leo X. Bembo asserted that the dedication was the most precious gift he had ever received.
	galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/fracstro.html (720 words)

	Girolamo Fracastoro Biography / Biography of Girolamo Fracastoro World of Biology Biography
		Girolamo Fracastoro, famous for his insight into and literary works on natural philosophy, astronomy, and medicine, was born in Verona, Italy, the sixth of seven brothers in a well-respected family.
		Although his father's occupation is not known, it was he who introduced the young Fracastoro to literature and philosophy, tutoring him personally before sending him off to the Academy of Padua under the guardianship of an old family friend and teacher, Girolamo della Torre, and under whom Fracastoro would ultimately study medicine.
		Fracastoro married Elena de Clavis around 1500 with whom he had a daughter and four sons.
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	Girolamo Fracastoro History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Girolamo Fracastoro was born in Verona, Italy, in or near 1478 (historical sources differ on this).
		Fracastoro enjoyed a sheltered childhood, living on the family estate, Incaffi, which was situated on Lake Garda and located about 15 miles (24.1 km) from the city of Verona.
		Another religious affiliation was enhanced when Fracastoro dedicated his syphilis research to Cardinal Pietro Bembo, Secretary of Briefs to Pope Leo X. The Cardinal had been an active assistant in the research and stated (in writing) that the dedication was the highpoint of his life and the most highly valued gift he had ever received.
	www.bookrags.com /history/sciencehistory/girolamo-fracastoro-scit-0312 (709 words)

	AllRefer.com - Girolamo Fracastoro (Medicine, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Girolamo Fracastoro[jErO´lAmO frAkAstO´rO] Pronunciation Key, 1483–1553, Italian physician and poet.
		He was born in Verona, where he practiced after studying at Padua.
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	Fracastoro, Girolamo -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		At the University of Padua Fracastoro was a colleague of the astronomer Copernicus.
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		Girolamo Fracastoro, an Italian scholar, advanced the notion as early as the mid-1500s that contagion is an infection that passes from one thing to another.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035082 (636 words)

	Girolamo Fracastoro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Girolamo Fracastoro (Fracastorius) (1478‑1553) was an Italian physician, scholar and poet.
		His 1546 book also gave the first description for typhus.
		De Contagione et Contagiosis Morbis (1546), by Girolamo Fracastoro
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Girolamo_Fracastoro (121 words)

	Fracastoro, Girolamo -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Fracastoro, Girolamo -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		The first scientific statement of the true nature of contagion, infection, disease germs, and modes of disease transmission, it stated that each disease is caused by a different type of rapidly multiplying minute body, transmitted by direct contact, by carriers such as soiled clothing or through the air.
		Widely praised in his time, Fracastoro's theory, soon obscured by the mystical doctrines of Paracelsus, fell into general disrepute until Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch proved it 300 years later.
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	Fracastoro, Girolamo -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a physician, he maintained a private practice in Verona.
		, Fracastoro's was the first scientific statement of the true nature of contagion, infection, disease germs, and modes of disease transmission.
		Fracastoro's theory was widely praised during his time, but its influence was soon obscured by the mystical doctrines of the Renaissance physician Paracelsus, and it fell into general disrepute until it was proved by Koch and Pasteur.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9035082 (802 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: History of Medicine
		1569), later professor in Rome, the discoverer of the lesser circulation of the blood (pulmonary circulation); from 1551 the versatile Gabriele Fallopio (1523-62), an admirer of Versalius, who among other things described the organ of hearing; Girolamo Fabrizio of Acquapendente (Fabr.
		Of the great number of positive Hippocratics let us call attention to the above-mentioned de Monte, who introduced clinical instruction in Padua; to his successors Vellore Trincavella (1496-1568), Albertino Bottoni (d.
		Epidemiological works were written by Antonio Brassavola (1500-55) on syphilis; Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553) on petechial fever and syphilis, Girolamo Dorzellini (d.
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