02045cam a2200301 4500 758639690 TxAuBib 20100803120000.0 100416s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010014716 9781426206504 hbk. $26.00 142620650X hbk. $26.00 (OCoLC)462910798 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA UKM YDXCP GSN TxGR TxAuBib Eamon, William. The professor of secrets [Book] : mystery, medicine, and alchemy in Renaissance Italy / William Eamon. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2010. 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-359) and index. Prologue: Experience and memory -- Mia dolce patria -- The empire of disease -- Medical Bologna -- Leonardo and the anatomists -- The education of a surgeon -- The road of experience -- The carnival doctor -- The new Asclepius -- The marvelous virtues ofPrecipitato -- Charlatan or wonder worker? -- An ingenious surgery -- The marvels of Naples -- An academy of magi -- The university of war -- The cardinal's house -- A surgeon in Rome -- A road not taken -- Venetian curiosities -- The lure of the charlatan -- A writer for the age -- Venice's scientific underworld -- Mathematical magic -- The search for the philosopher's stone -- A star is born -- The medical entrepreneur -- Ambition and glory -- A conspiracy of doctors -- Leonardo the chameleon -- Life and art -- In the court of the Catholic king -- Masters of fire -- The charlatan's trial -- "Il mio sacco è vuoto" -- The judgment of history -- Epilogue: Traces. 20100803. Fioravanti, Leonardo 1518-1588. Physicians Italy Biography. Renaissance Italy. Medicine Italy History 16th century. Alchemy Italy History 16th century. RV8