Romolo Spezioli (1642, in Fermo – 1723, in Rome) was an Italian doctor and the personal physician of the

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, Cardinal

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and of Pope Alexander VIII.

Life

After studies initiated in Fermo, graduating in 1664, he worked for a short period nearby

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and Jesi. He taught practical medicine at

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from 1675 until 1722, a year before his death. He was responsible for the important donation of books still preserved in the Library of Spezioli, Fermo. The donation consists of approximately 12,000 volumes of medical works, geography textbooks, cosmography, alchemy, physiognomy, botany and culinary. The library was opened to students in 1688.

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* http://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/ishm/vesalius/VESx2004x10x02x061x066.pdf 1642 births 1723 deaths People from Fermo 17th-century Italian physicians 18th-century Italian physicians Academic staff of the Sapienza University of Rome People from the Papal States {{Italy-med-bio-stub