Giulio Alessandrini

For the parasitologist Giulio Alessandrini (1866–1954), see Giulio Alessandrini (parasitologist).

Giulio Alessandrini, chalcography of 1830

Giulio Alessandrini (Latin Julius Alexandrinus or German Julius Alexandrinus von Neustein; 1506 – 25 August 1590) was a physician, writer, and poet.

Biography

Giulio Alessandrini was born in Trento. He studied philosophy at the University of Padua. He was physician to emperors Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, and Rudolph II.

He was a devoted follower of Galen and translated many of Galen's works into Latin, adding his own commentary. He died in Civezzano.

Works

• De medicina et medico dialogus. Zurich, 1557.
• In Galeni præcipua scripta, annotationes quæ commentariorum loco esse possunt. Accessit Trita illa de theriaca quaestio. Basel, 1581.
• Pædotrophia carmine (1559).
• Paedotrophia sive de puerorum educatione. Liber ab auctore recognitus. Ejusdem carmina alia. Trent, 1586.
• Salubrium, sive de sanitate tuenda, libri triginta tres. Cologne, 1575 — A treatise on hygiene compiled from ancient authors.

References

• Arthur Richter (1875). "Alexandrinus von Neustein, Julius" . Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 337–338.
• Karl Schadelbauer (1953). "Alexandrinus (Alessandrini) von Neu(en)stein, Julius". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 197–197.
• this article incorporates material from the French Wikipedia article