'Trattato della Podagra' ('Treatise on Gout')
- Date:
- pre 1687
- Reference:
- SA/HEB/E/2/3
- Part of:
- Heberden Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
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The author of this work is David de Planis Campy (1589-c.1644), who was a French alchemist, physician and surgeon. It is believed that in 1627 he was surgeon to King Louis XIII of France. Planis Campy wrote numerous works including those on phlebotomy, musket wounds, the plague, and mineral and chemical remedies.
The translator is Cherubino Bozomo. According to a 'Repertoire of Sources on the Genoese Aristocracy' prepared by Andrea Lercari on behalf of the Superintendent Archivist of Liguria, which can be found at the following weblink http://archivi.beniculturali.it/archivi_old/sage/testi/bozomo.pdf, Padre Fratello Cherubino Bozomo was a member of the Bozomo family who were a noble Genoese family in the early 16th century. Further information about Cherubino is given in the Genoan State Archives: Archivio Segreto, 2833, Nobilitatis, docc. 112-113 (29 July 1620) and in A. Vigna, Santa Maria di Castello, in Atti della Società Ligure di Storia Patria, vol. XX. Fasc. 2 , pp. 189-90. This shows he was born around 1607 and confirms he was the son of Antonio and Giulia Bozomo. He took Holy Orders in 1623 at the Monastery of Santa Maria di Castello, where he died on 26 April 1687
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There are also 23 works by Planis Campy held at Wellcome Collection, and 10 in the British Library although none have 'Gout' in the title.
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