Girolamo Cardano and the Art of Medical Narrative
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4456924 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy G Siraisi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 581 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2709967 |
| PMID | 11623014 |
| OpenAlex | W2313043405 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The story Girolamo Cardano (1501-76) told most frequently was his own. He was not only the author of one of the most striking of Renaissance autobiographies but also recounted fragments of his own history throughout his voluminous writings. 1 In several bibliographies of his own works, in sample horoscopes in astrological treatises, in case histories in medical works, in examples in a treatise on dreams, as inspiration in moralistic treatises, he told and retold of his wretched childhood, his rejection by medical colleagues, his successes as a medical practitioner, mathematician and astrologer, his prolific career as an author, his impotence and other physical afflictions, the portents, dreams, and visions that came to him, and the tragedy of his elder son's execution for wife-murder. Here, for example, is Cardano on his own impotence in a treatise on The Usefulness that Can Be Drawn From Adversity
Art · Literature · Narrative · Byzantine Studies and History · History of Medicine Studies · Philosophy · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2003 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |