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Francesco Redi Letters
Collection
Identifier: MS C 440
Abstract
In 1666 Grand Duke Ferdinando II appointed Redi as his First Physician and director of the grand-ducal "Spezieria" (Pharmacy): positions in which he was confirmed by Cosimo III in 1670, when he became Grand Duke. He stressed the importance of medicine based on Hippocratic principles, and he emphasised the importance of prevention based on a balanced diet and the use of exclusively natural remedies. The collection contains twelve letters discussing topics such as snakes, medical matters, and...
Dates:
1683-1693
Letter: San Severo, Italy, to a judge in Puglia, Italy
Collection
Identifier: MS C 214
Collection Summary
Nine-page letter from Lucretiis in San Severo to Judge D. Biagio Michitelli of Puglia, Italy regarding pediatric physical abnormalities. Handwritten entirely in Italian.
Dates:
1807
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