Monday, September 24, 2012
Astrology and Morbus Gallicus (aka Syphilis)
Albrecht Dürer’s syphilitic man illustrated a poem on syphilis by the Nürnberg physician Theodore Ulsenius who, like other physicians of the time, used astrology to explain the diseases advent, spread, and symptoms.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 09/24 at 05:43 AM
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