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SAVONAROLA, Giovanni Michele

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De gotta la preservation e cura.

Pavia: Pocatela, 1505.

The earliest separately printed treatise on gout by the physician/humanist grandfather of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola. Giovanni Savonarola emphasized the dietary causes of gout, and the dangers of eating rich food. He discussed recommended moderation in diet, and discussed the nutritional aspects of various foods.



Subjects: NUTRITION / DIET, RHEUMATOLOGY › Gout (Podagra)