Science and thought in the fifteenth century studies in the history of medicine and surgery, natural and mathematical science, philosophy and politics

Consists of special studies in the science and thought of the 15th century based on manuscript and unpublished materials. Also follows more specialized studies such as medicine, law, surgery, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. PREFACE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION: THE STUDY OF WESTERN SCIENCE OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES 1 CHAPTER II. MEDICINE VERSUS LAW AT FLORENCE 1 CHAPTER III. THE MANUSCRIPT TEXT OF THE CIRURGIA OF LEONARD OF BERTIPAGLIA 1 CHAPTER IV. A PRACTICA CIRURGIE ASCRIBED TO JOHN BRACCIA OF MILAN OR TO PETER OF TOSSIGNANO CHAPTER V. SOME MINOR MEDICAL WORKS WRITTEN AT FLORENCE 1 CHAPTER VI. A FIFTEENTH-CENTURY AUTOPSY 1 CHAPTER VII. NICHOLAS OF CUSA AND THE TRIPLE MOTION OF THE EARTH CHAPTER VIII. PEURBACH AND REGIOMONTANUS: THEIR GREAT REPUTATION RE-EXAMINED CHAPTER IX. THE ARITHMETIC OF JEHAN ADAM, A.D. 1475 1 CHAPTER X. NICCOLÒ DA FOLIGNO'S TREATISES ON IDEAS: A STUDY OF SCHOLASTICISM AND PLATONISM IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY CHAPTER XI. SOME RENAISSANCE MORALISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS 1 CHAPTER XII. THE DE CONSTITUTIONE MUNDI OF JOHN MICHAEL ALBERT OF CARRARA AND ITS RELATION TO SIMILAR TREATISES 1 CHAPTER XII. LIPPUS BRA NDOLINUS DE COM PA RA TIONE REIPUBLICAE ET REGNI A TREATISE IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL SCIENCE 1 APPENDICES INDICES