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Also Known As Hieronymus Fracastorius
Born c.1478 • Verona
Died August 8, 1553
Notable Works “De contagione et contagiosis morbis” • “Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus”
Subjects Of Study epidemic • germ theory • syphilis

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Gian Domenico Cassini.
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Renato Dulbecco, 1966.
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