Maggi, Bartolomeo

1. Dates

Born: Bologna, Aug. 1477 (Fantuzzi says 1476; Hirsch says 1516)

Died: Bologna, 7 April 1552

Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain

Lifespan: 75

2. Father

Occupation: Aristocrat

I am accepting Mandosio's identification of the family as Bolognese patricians.

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Italian

Career: Italian

Death: Italian

4. Education

Schooling: No University

Nothing whatever is said. Since he was both a prominent physician and a professor of surgery at the University of Bologna, it seems likely that he had a degree in medicine, but I will forbear to guess.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Surgery

Subordinate: Medicine

He was among the first to teach a rational method of treating gunshot wounds. The De vulnerum bombardorum et sclopetorum curatione, his work on the treatment of wounds, was published posthumously at Bologna in 1552. He was known also for his method of amputation.

In 1550 Maggi published a consultation of syphilis.

7. Means of Support

Primary: Academia, Medicine, Patronage

He was professor of surgery at the University of Bologna and practiced surgery, and was private physician to Pope Julius III whom he had known as a cardinal. He did not like Rome and returned to Bologna. In 1550 he was called to treat the nephew of Paul III.

8. Patronage

Types: Eccesiastic Official, Court Official, Aristrocrat

He was private physician to Pope Julius III.

Henry II of France rewarded him with honors and gifts for his curative treatment of wounded French soldiers during the French invasion of Italy.

Maggi composed his consultation of syphilis at the request of Galeotto Pio Signore della Mirandola.

9. Technological Involvement

Type: Medical Practice

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. D.Giordano, "Medicazioni strane e medicazioni semplici," in Scritti e discorsi pertinenti alla storia della medicina e ad argomenti diversi, (Milan, 1930), pp. 25-45.
2. S. de Renzi, Storia della medicina in Italia, 5 vols. (Naples, 1845-8), 3, 660-66. R517. R424 Dezeimeris, J.E. Ollivier and Raige-Delorme, Dictionnaire historique de la medecine ancienne et moderne, 4 vols. (Paris, 1828-39), 3, 501-2. The names, without first names or initials except for Ollivier, appear this way on volume 1; Dezeimeris alone appears on the remaining volumes.
3. A. Hirsch, Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Aerzte aller Zeiten und Voelker (3rd ed., Munich, 1962), 4, 29-30.
4. G. Fantuzzi, Notizie degli scittori bolognesi, (Bologna, 1781- 94), 5, 112-13. Gaetano Luigi Marini, Degli archiatri pontifici, 2 vols. (Roma, 1784), 1, 405-6. Prosper Mandosius, Theatrum in quo maximorum christiani orbis pontificum archiatros spectandos exhibit, a separately paginated inclusion at the end of vol. 2 of Marini, (Roma, 1784), pp. 29-31.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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