Giulio Alessandrini

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Giulio Alessandrini, chalcography of 1830

Giulio Alessandrini (Latin Julius Alexandrinus or German Julius Alexandrinus von Neustein; 1506 – 25 August 1590) was an Italian physician, author, and poet.

Biography[edit]

Giulio Alessandrini was born in Trento. He studied philosophy at the University of Padua. He was physician to emperors Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolph II.

He was a devoted follower of Galen and translated many of Galen's works into Latin, adding his own commentary. He died in Civezzano.

Works[edit]

  • De medicina et medico dialogus. Zurich, 1557.
  • In Galeni præcipua scripta, annotationes quæ commentariorum loco esse possunt. Accessit Trita illa de theriaca quaestio. Basel, 1581.
  • Pædotrophia carmine (1559).
  • Paedotrophia sive de puerorum educatione. Liber ab auctore recognitus. Ejusdem carmina alia. Trent, 1586.
  • Salubrium, sive de sanitate tuenda, libri triginta tres. Cologne, 1575 — A treatise on hygiene compiled from ancient authors.

References[edit]

  • Arthur Richter (1875), "Alexandrinus von Neustein, Julius", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 337–338
  • Karl Schadelbauer (1953), "Alexandrinus (Alessandrini) von Neu(en)stein, Julius", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 197–197
  • this article incorporates material from the French Wikipedia article