Giovanni Domenico Sala

Giovanni Domenico Sala (* 1579 in Padua ; † March 1, 1644 ibid) was an Italian doctor and university professor.

Life

Sala was Professor of Theory of Medicine at the University of Padua from 1607 until his death . Here he was among others the teacher of Thomas Bartholin and Thomas Browne .

His textbook on medical methodology, Ars medica ( Medical Art ), first published in 1614, saw several editions. In 1628 he published Prolegomena on the nature of medicine, which he dedicated to the Danish doctor Johan Rode / Rhode.

Also in 1628 was his early nutritional work De alimentis ( About food ), a kind of natural history of food, combined with recipes and tips for a healthy diet.

Works (selection)

Ars Medica Io. Dominici Sala Patavini Primi theorici Extr In Qva Methodvs Et Praecepta omnia Medicinae curatricis & conseruatricis explicantur. Padua 1614

further editions: Padua 1641 ( full text in the Google book search), 1659; Venice 1620 ( digitized version )

De natura medicinae libellus ... in quo prolegomena explicantur. Padua 1628

( Digitized version ), Lübeck City Library

De alimentis et eorum recta administratione. Padua: Martino 1628

( Full text in google book search)

literature

August Hirsch : Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume 5, Vienna and Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg 1887 ( digitized version), p. 150f

Web links

Standard entry in the Opac of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
Publications in the Opac of the SBN
Search results on the Internet Culturale .

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Brunner: About urinary bladder ruptures. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie 47 (1898), p. 123
^ Reid Barbour: Sir Thomas Browne: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013, ISBN 9780191669484 , pp. 162-164
^ Egil Snorrason: The Dane Johan Rhode in Padua in the 17th century. In: Acta medicae historiae Patavina 14 (1967), pp. 85-120
↑ Ken Albala: Eating Right in the Renaissance. (= California Studies in Food and Culture) Berkeley: University of California Press 2002, ISBN 9780520927285 , pp. 44f

personal data
SURNAME	Sala, Giovanni Domenico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian doctor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	1579
PLACE OF BIRTH	Padua
DATE OF DEATH	March 1, 1644
Place of death	Padua

[1] Friedrich Brunner: About urinary bladder ruptures. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Chirurgie 47 (1898), p. 123

[2] Reid Barbour: Sir Thomas Browne: A Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2013, ISBN 9780191669484 , pp. 162-164

[3] Egil Snorrason: The Dane Johan Rhode in Padua in the 17th century. In: Acta medicae historiae Patavina 14 (1967), pp. 85-120

[4] Ken Albala: Eating Right in the Renaissance. (= California Studies in Food and Culture) Berkeley: University of California Press 2002, ISBN 9780520927285 , pp. 44f