HIERONYMOUS MERCURIALIS 1530-1606

HIERONYMOUS MERCURIALIS 1530-1606 JOHN RUHRAH BALTIMORE While was he as a Mercurialis had student teaching medicine, whom known of is that he Johannis Chrosczieyoioskii, nothing except made notes and wrote "de Morbis Puerorum." As the title copious it is a "tract children's and filled states, on diseases, page very complete various with useful not but also to Doctors, to learning, only very taken down from the mouth of the Most Philosophers ; carefully Honorable Geronimo Mercuriali of the famous and Forli, Doctor, into three books." digested Mercurialis was born Forli. He some at studied medicine for years in and his doctor's received at after which he Bologna Padua, degree Forli. His fellow him as at townsmen chose their practiced representa- on a tive mission to where Cardinal Farnese induced Rome, political doubtless without to The next seven were him, difficulty, stay. years in the ancient and medieval writers when he was called spent studying to the vacant chair of medicine at Padua. There he remained until when he the same chair at and in 1599 went 1587, Bologna, he accepted returned his to Pisa. after he to old died. this, home, where he Shortly He was one of the best known of the and of his physicians time, was even to called Vienna to examine the Maximilian. Emperor in He was much esteemed his own as a on writer medical and day allied his best known work of is on the the subjects. Perhaps gymnastics which is still after book collectors. This ancients, sought work, by "De Arte has modern been as the cradle of Gymnastica," regarded His medical include works on orthopedics. strictly writings psychiatry, the and skin eyes ears, diseases, and gynecology, plague, poisons other subjects. He wrote two books. "Nomothelasmus lactandi seu ratio pediatrie infantes" was at I in 1552. have never seen a Padua, printed copy. "De Morbus Puerorum" was a work a number of popular reprinted in times, 1584 and 1616. A German 1561, 1583, translation Uffen- by bach at in 1605. The work has been appeared Frankfurt, variously medical estimated historians, be it said with com¬ by and, less generally, mendation than it had in its own The on apparently stam¬ day. chapter is one of the a best, and short illustrate mering must serve to excerpt his which is verbose : and style, pedantic of this By way harmonizing dissension of it authorities, must be said that is of two kinds stammering : the natural the one, ; other, accidental. The natural MORBIS DE PVERORVM TATVS TRAC LOCVPLETISSIMI, verum- doctrina referti non folùmMedias, vVariaqs volesj etiamPhiloibphis magnopere €xoreExcellentißimiHierommi MercurialisForoliuienßs Medici at dtugenter excepti, que¬ ciarlimi Ubrostres : rn digesti lohannis Opera Chrofczieyoioskij PRIVILEGIO. CVM ET LICENTIA, Meietum Paulum BibliopoIamPat. Venetijs>Apud LXXXIII. M. D. Title of Mercurialis' book on "Diseases of Children." page cause that mentioned kind occurs for no other than by Galen, namely, humidity. this But the that the can also occur from and of unnatural, is, accidental, dryness, and Avicenna Now the reason natural causes Hippocrates spoke. why humidity it is that some cannot or c is that to and why pronounce pronounce stammering to the these letters it is for the be strongly impelled against necessary tongue, and is soft or moist or weak teeth the while a that too against palate, tongue on account of the of the muscles cannot be vigorously enough humidity impelled the and hence in of this letter those are against teeth, place pronounced which, are no In have need of so other words, they similar, great impulsion. although that occurs from but from we can stammering generally humidity, rarely say what Avicenna himself seems to but dryness. This is not expressly say, only also Aristotle where he stated that occurs in children said, stammering especially on account of the and looseness of the humidity tongue. Now occurs when the is either than it should as stammering tongue longer be, Galen this or when it becomes thicker and more said happens), (although rarely characterized swollen or when the teeth are lacking or are by bad order or when ; ; or obstructed the are mutilated when the nostrils or are a lips ; windpipe by or inflammation. swelling Of the external causes of is cold air. because faulty speech especially First, coldness condenses. because it weakens the native heat and Secondly, consequently the motor because it binds the as it were. For to accom¬ faculty. Thirdly, tongue plish the same said, it is that the be free speech, authority very necessary tongue and So a cold can the from unhampered. region prevent people speaking properly, and on this account also it that in certain localities a certain happens by hereditary were affection as it the men, is among speech faulty.

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