Tozzi, Luca (1638-1717)

Notes of lectures

c. 1685

2 volumes

Purchased 1929 and 1930

Luca Tozzi obtained his M.D. at Naples in 1661, and was professor of medicine and mathematics. He was later appointed physician to the Kingdom of Naples, and in 1695 succeeded Malpighi as papal physician. He was a follower of the chemiatric theories of Van Helmont and Sylvius.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).