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Girolamo Fracastoro
(c. 1478 - 6 Aug 1553)
Italian physician, astronomer, geologist and poet.
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Science Quotes by Girolamo Fracastoro (1)
Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus
Syphilis or the French disease.
Syphilis or the French disease.
— Girolamo Fracastoro
Title of a poem recounting the story of a shepherd, Syphilis, the first sufferer of the disease henceforth known by that name. Etymology given in Oxford English Dictionary.
