Ugo Benzi

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Trattato circa la conservazione de la sanitade , 1481

Ugo Benzi (* around 1360 in Spain , † 1439 in Florence ) was an Italian philosopher , theologian and professor of medicine in Pavia , Bologna , Florence and Padua during the Renaissance .

Life

Benzi was born in Spain and taught in Bologna, Pavia and Ferrara, where he was personal physician to the Duke of Ferrara , Modena and Reggio , Niccolò III. d'Este was. His fame earned him an invitation to Paris , where he treated King Charles VII of France . Benzi's treatise Trattato atilissimo circa la conservazione della sanitate was printed posthumously in 1481. It was one of the first medical texts in the national language and was reprinted numerous times. His vita was written in 1441 by his eldest son Soccino Benzi (1406–79; also a doctor).

Works

  • Consilia ad diversas aegritudines.
  • Expositio super Aphorismos Hippocratis et Galeni commentum.
  • his commentary on aphorisms : Venice 1498
  • Complete edition of his writings: Venice 1518
  • Tractato utilissimo circa la conservatione de la sanitate ( PMC 1033774 (free full text) in the holdings of the Leonardo da Vinci library )
personal data
SURNAME Benzi, Ugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hugo Senensis; Ugo Benzo di Siena; Ugo Bentius senensis; Ugone Benzi from Siena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Philosopher, theologian and professor of medicine in Pavia, Bologna, Florence and Padua
DATE OF BIRTH around 1360
PLACE OF BIRTH Spain
DATE OF DEATH 1439
Place of death Florence