Michele Savonarola (1385 - c.1466) was an Italian physician, humanist and historian. He was professor of practical medicine at

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before in 1440 becoming

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to the

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.Kurt M. Boughan
review of ''Michele Savonarola, Medicina e cultura di corte'' by Chiara Crisciani and Gabriella Zuccolin
''The Medieval Review'', 13 October 2003 His grandson was the

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friar and preacher

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Works

* ''Practica maior'' * ''De regimine pregnantium'' * ''De tutte cose se magnano'' * ''De balneis'' * ''Speculum phisionomie'' * ''Del felice progresso'' * ''De nuptiis Batibecho et Seraboca''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Savonarola, Michele 1385 births 1466 deaths Year of death uncertain 15th-century Italian physicians Italian Renaissance humanists 15th-century Italian historians Physicians from Padua