Girolamo Fracastoro

Standard Name: Fracastoro, Girolamo
Used Form: Hieronymus Fracastorius

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1530: Hieronymus Fracastorius of Verona, Italy,...

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1530

Hieronymus Fracastorius of Verona, Italy, first used the word syphilis in print to name the disease, in his poem Syphilis or The French Disease.
Rosebury, Theodor. Microbes and Morals: The Strange Story of Venereal Disease. Viking Press, 1971.
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Talbott, John H. A Biographical History of Medicine: Excerpts and Essays on the Men and Their Work. Grune and Stratton, 1970.
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