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Girolamo Fracastoro
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1478–1553 · Italian physician

Also known as: Fracastorius, Fracastoro, Hieronymus Fracastorius, Джироламо Фракасторо, جيرولامو فراكاستورو, 지롤라모 프라카스토로

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Known works

  • Hieronymi Fracastorii veronensis Opera omnia
  • Fracastoro's Syphilis
  • Fracastor Syphilis; or, The French disease
  • Hieronymi Fracastorii Veronensis Opera omnia, in vnum proxime post illius mortem collecta
  • La syphilis, ou Le mal français