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Marco Aurelio Severino (November, 1580 – July 12, 1656) was an Italian
*''De recondita abscessuum natura'', O. Beltrani, Naples, 1632
** . Frankfurt, 1643
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Zootomia democritaea, id est anatome generalis totius animantium opificii : libris quinque distincta, quorum seriem sequens facies delineabit
'. Nuremberg, 1645, in-40, * , Frankfurt, 1646 * ''De viperae natura, veneno, medicina demonstrationes et experimenta nova'', P. Frambotti, Padua, 1650 * * ''Trimembris chirurgia'', Schönwetter, Frankfort, 1653 * , Naples, 1653 (With a commentary by Thomas Bartholin) * ''Quaestiones anatomicae quatuor'', Frankfort, 1654 * ''Antiperipatias. Hoc est adversus Aristoteleos de respiratione piscium diatriba. De piscibus in sicco viventibus commentarius... Phoca illustratus...'', 2 vol., Naples, H. C. Cavalli, 1655–1659 (Includes a short biography) * ''Synopseos chirurgiae libri sex'', E. Weyerstroten, Amsterdam, 1664
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(in French), on the ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Médecine'' website 1580 births 1656 deaths {{Italy-scientist-stub
Marco Aurelio Severino (November, 1580 – July 12, 1656) was an Italian surgeon
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and anatomist.
Biography
Severino was born inTarsia
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Geography
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( Calabria, Italy), of Giovanni Jacopo Severino, a lawyer. He died of plague
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in 1656 in Naples
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.
Adept of the atomist views of Democritus
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, he disregarded Aristotle
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. He met Tommaso Campanella and corresponded with William Harvey and Thomas Bartholin. He was familiar of the works of scientists of the antiquity like Galen
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and Lactantius
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.
He also was the author of a book called ''The philosophy of chess
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'' (''La filosofia degli scacchi'').
Controversy
Besides his brilliant career as a surgeon and professor, his works present an ambiguous aspect. He includes mystic speculations, and his work attempts to coincide with his religious beliefs.Selected works
*''De recondita abscessuum natura'', O. Beltrani, Naples, 1632
** . Frankfurt, 1643
* Zootomia democritaea, id est anatome generalis totius animantium opificii : libris quinque distincta, quorum seriem sequens facies delineabit
'. Nuremberg, 1645, in-40, * , Frankfurt, 1646 * ''De viperae natura, veneno, medicina demonstrationes et experimenta nova'', P. Frambotti, Padua, 1650 * * ''Trimembris chirurgia'', Schönwetter, Frankfort, 1653 * , Naples, 1653 (With a commentary by Thomas Bartholin) * ''Quaestiones anatomicae quatuor'', Frankfort, 1654 * ''Antiperipatias. Hoc est adversus Aristoteleos de respiratione piscium diatriba. De piscibus in sicco viventibus commentarius... Phoca illustratus...'', 2 vol., Naples, H. C. Cavalli, 1655–1659 (Includes a short biography) * ''Synopseos chirurgiae libri sex'', E. Weyerstroten, Amsterdam, 1664
Lists of works
Severino gave us a list of his printed works and manuscripts, which is made up of nine parts and extends on four pages. It can be found in a 1653 edition ''Therapeuta Neapolitanus'' : . Thilist
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(in French), on the ''Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Médecine'' website 1580 births 1656 deaths {{Italy-scientist-stub