Masters of Italian Renaissance

Visceral Leishmaniasis during Italian Renaissance, 1522–1562

spread of the proven sandfl y vector Ph. (Laroussius) perniciosus and the competent sandfl y vector Ph. (Transphlebotomus) mascittii into Germany (5). It has been hypothesized that sandfl ies have always been sporadically present in central Europe, but that climate change will lead to extended distribution (10). It is tempting to assume that climate change resulted in cutaneous leishmaniasis at...

Science in the Art of the Italian Renaissance I : Ghiberti ' s Gates of

AS with the works of a number of Italian Renaissance artists, Lorenzo Ghiberti's art contained scientific elements. In his case both his training as a goldsmith, which introduced him to concepts of mineralogy, and his knowledge and use of techniques in the realm of the science of optics demonstrated a melding of art and science. Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise was among the first works of the peri...

Gout in Duke Federico of Montefeltro (1422-1482): a new pearl of the Italian Renaissance.

The article examines the truthfulness of historical accounts claiming that Renaissance Duke Federico of Montefeltro (1422-1482) suffered from gout. By direct paleopathological assessment of the skeletal remains and by the philological investigation of historical and documental sources, primarily a 1461 handwritten letter by the Duke himself to his personal physician, a description of the sympto...

"In this our lightye and learned tyme": Italian baths in the era of the Renaissance.

The sixteenth century saw a transformation in medicine as it came to be dominated by the ideals and methods of the Renaissance.1 The recovery of lost texts, and the availability in print of a wide-ranging medical literature from the ancient world, aroused overwhelming enthusiasm. The first phase of this development, marked above all by the printing of the works of Galen in Greek and of a flood ...

Abandoned Children of the Italian Renaissance: Orphan Care in Florence and Bologna by Nicholas Terpstra